Chapter 795 - 788: Externally Round, Internally Square

Chapter 795: Chapter 788: Externally Round, Internally Square

Nirut’s powerful attack descended, first striking the exterior of the transparent, circular membrane. He felt little resistance, his body penetrating the Technique Domain with ease.

But then, he sensed something was wrong.

The flow of energy within the transparent domain had a powerful pull. Every aspect of his attack—its force, its explosive energy—was caught by this domain and redirected into a spin.

His power, which should have been fierce, direct, and tyrannical, seemed to continuously dissipate and transform under the domain’s pull.

He tried to resist this pull, but found it was practically impossible.

While the Ninety-nine Black Abyss Secret Holes had certainly granted him immense power and explosive force, helping him earn the title "Abyssal Artifact," they had also created an unavoidable weakness. For someone who focused on pure violence, his massive energy reserves made fine control over his techniques and energy a glaring flaw.

Now, facing Zhou Yuanjue—a master who had achieved Great Success in the Earth Martial Dao and even developed a Technique Domain—this flaw was magnified infinitely.

HAAH!!

He let out a furious roar and increased his energy output, trying to shatter the web of technique with brute force, just as he always had.

A third of his attack was instantly neutralized, but the remaining two-thirds were still astonishingly powerful.

But Zhou Yuanjue was ready for it.

His rotating arms had been waiting. The moment Nirut’s fist arrived, Zhou Yuanjue’s own arms settled perfectly on top of it.

All their forces intertwined.

A sidestep, a pull, a rotation...

Multiple forces and precise energy manipulations took effect at once.

For a moment, Nirut felt as though his arm was a heavy magnet falling from the sky. It had terrifying weight and momentum, but it was being pulled by another magnet, its trajectory involuntarily altered.

A sense of powerlessness.

His opponent’s arms were that other magnet, guiding his every move.

He watched helplessly as his attack grazed past the other man’s cheek. At that exact moment, Zhou Yuanjue suddenly put his strength into it, stomped his foot hard on the ground, and used the momentum to pull Nirut’s arm and send him flying forward.

WHOOSH!!

Nirut, who had charged in so aggressively, was sent flying backward with the same terrifying speed.

He felt the balance of energy in his body completely shatter. For a moment, he couldn’t use his energy or even control his body. He tumbled away pathetically, like a giant ball of flesh.

Zhou Yuanjue slowly retracted the arm he had used to guide his opponent, his expression serene.

Initially, when he cultivated the Red Falcon Fist—an Assassination Fist focused on ultimate killing power—he had believed only in speed, strength, reflexes, and experience. He never bought into concepts like "Four Catties Move Thousand Pounds."

However, once his strength reached a certain level and his techniques advanced to a particular stage, he came to understand that the classic saying from the Tai Chi Sect was not just empty words.

Legend has it that the Tai Chi Sect master, Yang Luchan, could catch a bird in his hand. The bird would land in his palm and flap its wings, yet it could never take flight, for Yang Luchan’s palm negated all the upward force of its struggle.

Now, having grasped the Technique Domain, Zhou Yuanjue could accomplish even more incredible feats.

He could even divert a meteor capable of destroying Earth.

"A Technique Domain?!"

Seeing Zhou Yuanjue’s counter, Dorobaku’s mouth fell slightly agape. Hailing from the Elemental Clan, he could of course recognize the method his opponent was using.

’No wonder he won two matches in a row.’

’Wait, when the hell did he master a Technique Domain?! I’ve been with him this whole time and had absolutely no idea!’

"This guy... he’s only just perfected his Technique Domain, yet he can already wield it with such proficiency. His Talent for Technique is terrifying," Evil Dragon Life remarked with a sigh. He had considered many ways Zhou Yuanjue might counter, but he’d never imagined it would be this effortless.

"This kid is already showing the makings of a Technique Master," the Sacred Lotus member said with a nod, watching the proud and serene figure of Zhou Yuanjue on the screen.

"Nirut’s most powerful brute-force attack has been broken. It looks like the outcome of this battle is already decided."

Evil Dragon Life sighed.

He was from the Holy Descendant Civilization, so deep down, he naturally hoped for the prodigy from his civilization to win. But at this moment, the truth was undeniable.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!!

Nirut’s body tumbled across the ground. When he finally scrambled back to his feet, his savage face was a mask of confusion and shame.

He shook his throbbing head, his eyes locking back onto Zhou Yuanjue.

ROAR!!

With a low roar, he charged at Zhou Yuanjue once more.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!!

The next moment, Nirut’s body was sent rolling away in another direction, just like a ball.

He got up and charged again.

And was once again sent flying by Zhou Yuanjue.

He got up and charged again.

And was sent flying again.

He seemed to possess an inexhaustible supply of energy and stamina, charging relentlessly like an enraged bull.

However, Zhou Yuanjue was like an elegant matador, calmly and composedly neutralizing his attacks time and time again.

「After dozens of exchanges.」

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!!

Nirut let out a furious bellow and charged at Zhou Yuanjue once more.

"Don’t you understand? It’s useless, no matter how many times you try," Zhou Yuanjue said calmly.

"You can’t hurt me with this ability alone!! I can repeat this attack ten thousand times!! In the end, you’ll still be the one to die by my hand!!" Nirut transmitted furiously.

"Is that so? All of that was just the appetizer."

"For my people, ’roundness’ is merely an outward appearance. You’ll soon see what sharp, jagged edges lie hidden beneath that smooth, flawless exterior."

Zhou Yuanjue replied slowly.

This time, he used the same pulling motion, but his target was no longer the empty space behind him. Instead, he pulled Nirut toward his own body.

His pores opened and closed as his True Veins began to circulate.

SCREEEEEE!!

A terrifying shriek erupted from his arm as dense, Blood Jade-colored Energy enveloped it.

He cycled the energy he had siphoned from Nirut’s attack and unleashed it. To this, he added the force of Nirut’s own body, which was now hurtling toward him as a result of the pull.

Zhou Yuanjue’s own terrifying power, stacked on top of Nirut’s redirected momentum, infinitely magnified the intensity of this one strike.

The Cunning Hand struck like a bird’s beak, piercing the dark clouds and tearing the very sky asunder.

SCREEE!!

RRRIP!!

Accompanied by a piercing shriek and the sound of flesh being torn, Nirut’s massive body froze in place.

A section of a Blood Jade-colored arm had pierced through his solid, broad body, jutting out from his back.