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Long Haochen felt inexplicably irritated.
After being given a look and then judged as not meeting expectations, no one would be happy.
Cai'er, standing beside him, also grew cold in expression.
Initially, they thought he was the child of a friend and gladly came over.
Never did they expect this child to lack tact, meeting them with such derogatory words.
Xu Zhi gave a bitter smile on the side.
Of course, he knew what Xu Yuan meant by "the gap."
"Little Yuan means that compared to Elder Electrolux, your power is somewhat lacking. You can use the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation; I believe that would be the level Little Yuan expects," Xu Zhi spoke up.
Long Haochen narrowed his eyes.
He still needed to use the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation?
Moreover, Elder Electroluxâthis person had actually met Elder Electrolux.
If comparing himself to Elder Electrolux, indeed, without using the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, he was inferior to the other party.
"Have you witnessed Elder Electrolux at his peak?" Long Haochen took a step forward and asked.
As he inquired, his spiritual energy erupted violently, and his presence underwent a dramatic change. From a mild-mannered youth, he transformed into a fierce warrior.
In his hand, a golden giant sword appeared. The sword was seven feet long and one foot wide, with eighteen ridges along the blade. The hilt was adorned with overlapping wings, and it emanated an eight-colored glow, exuding pure royal light.
Xu Yuan slightly squinted.
So he wasn't going to use the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation.
Long Haochen held the golden giant sword, pointing it at Xu Yuan, and coldly said, "You also have ninety spirit nodes, and your spiritual energy isn't too far from mine. But if you want me to use the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, it depends on your strength."
His voice carried a tinge of authority.
Having become the President of the Federation, he had accumulated a regal aura. Coupled with the Royal Sword formed from the Light Elf King in his hand, his tone naturally carried a sense of oppression.
Cai'er had already let go of Long Haochen's hand, stepping back to a distance, watching the two from afar.
Xu Yuan took a deep breath and opened his right hand.
A spear, alternating between black and white, emerged.
The spear's presence erupted, causing ripples in space. It carried an imposing momentum, as if it intended to devour everything around it.
Upon seeing this spear, Long Haochen's pupils contracted.
This spear made him feel an immense threat.
Though it might not match his Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, it wasn't far off and even surpassed the aura of the Tower of Eternity.
A single spear, exuding an indescribable pressure, seemed to contain an entire world within it.
"Such a fine spear. May I ask its name?" Long Haochen solemnly inquired.
Xu Yuan paused, looking at the spear in his hand.
After a moment, he slowly replied.
"The spear is named Hunyuan."
Since there was a new beginning, there should be a new name.
The five elements were the foundation, but they had transcended the scope of the five elements. The five elements encompassed everything and were close to the realm of Hunyuan.
Simply put, Hunyuan.
Long Haochen took a deep breath and instantly burst forth with peculiar steps underfoot.
These steps were somewhat familiar; Xu Yuan remembered seeing them on Long Xingyu.
With just one burst, it was as if endless spiritual energy exploded beneath his feet, instantly propelling Long Haochen to his maximum speed, arriving before Xu Yuan in the blink of an eye.
In his hands, the golden giant sword swung skillfully, advancing and retreating with measured precision.
This state of measured advance and retreat reminded Xu Yuan of the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique.
It was the Killing Spiral Sword, leveraging force against force, continuously borrowing power, turning dual swords into a meat grinder on the battlefield.
Now, Long Haochen only wielded a giant sword, yet this ultimate technique still had tremendous effect in a one-on-one duel.
Xu Yuan raised his spear to meet him.
Spiritual energy condensed into a layer of spiritual armor on Jue's spear body.
The gun radiance formed by the spiritual armor instantly burst forth.
Ding!
The giant sword clashed with the spear tip, then separated.
Long Haochen quickly dissipated the force and turned to slash out a second sword. This sword was subtly stronger than the previous one.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan confirmed the effectiveness of this ultimate technique and immediately thrust his spear again.
After another collision, Xu Yuan swiftly struck out with another spear thrust.
There was a reason he looked down on the Thousand Strikes Spiritual Furnace.
Xu Yuan's spear was already fast. If he so desired, he could strike out nine times in an instant, each strike having no less power.
Though it fell short of the Thousand Strikes by a hundredfold, in terms of effect, it was no different.
After all, even if the Thousand Strikes Spiritual Furnace allowed Xu Yuan to strike a thousand times in an instant, the consumption would be unbearable for him, making it impossible for every strike to reach peak potency.
Being fast was possible, but speed must come with strength; only then would the speed be effective.
Watching this scene from the side, Cai'er felt inexplicably shocked.
What a fast spear.
Turning around, feeling the threat from behind, Long Haochen decisively abandoned continuing to stack the Killing Spiral Sword.
Spiritual energy erupted beneath his feet, instantly sidestepping to dodge Xu Yuan's spear.
His golden giant sword blocked the spear halfway through its sweep.
Clang!
This spear strike made Long Haochen feel as if a mountain was crushing down on him.
A mountain's force was naturally no problem for him now, but this mountain felt like one from when he was weak.
For his current self, this force was akin to an entire world.
It was as if the entire Tower of Eternity was pressing down with full force.
Yet, how grand was the momentum of the Tower of Eternity, and how swift was this spear.
Even with the Royal Sword to block it, Long Haochen was still swept away by the spear.
Xu Yuan's figure disappeared instantly from the spot, locking onto Long Haochen's flank and thrusting out another spear.
Each spear strike felt like a full-power explosion.
At this moment, Xu Yuan was thoroughly exhilarated.
The eruption of spiritual energy was incredibly satisfying.
This was the spiritual energy system.
Spiritual energy condensed into spiritual armor, erupting all at once, stacking with his previous various ultimate techniques, making the eruptions even more adept.
His previous ultimate techniques enhanced the same force to unleash greater power.
But the spiritual armor of spiritual energy allowed him to unleash even more power.
Instantly expending all the power within his body made Xu Yuan's strength far exceed expectations.
With the recovery ability of the spirit nodes and the enormous vortex-like black hole inside Jue aiding him, Xu Yuan could recover instantly after each spear strike.
Long Haochen began to feel strained.
His spiritual energy had reached the pinnacle of the world. Under the seal left by Hao Yue, his spiritual energy wouldn't break a million.
But compared to Electrolux, he was still far inferior.
Electrolux locked his own power; as long as he didn't wish to ascend to godhood, he resisted the enticements of heaven and earth. The power he casually wielded likely reached the level attainable only after "becoming a god."
This was why Long Haochen didn't say much in comparison to Xu Yuan.
Long Haochen deeply knew how much he lagged behind Elder Electrolux.
However, even with a gap, it wasn't too large. He had the seal left by Hao Yue, allowing him to freely exert his maximum spiritual energy and possess the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, wielding divine power.
This was no different from Elder Electrolux.
During his retreat, a domain spread out from Long Haochen's body.
The Realm of the Light Godâanyone with spiritual energy lower than Long Haochen would be stripped of all their light attributes. Within the Realm of the Light God, Long Haochen was truly a god!
Xu Yuan curled his lips.
"Your domain still falls short by far."
As he spoke, Xu Yuan released his own domain.
Without essence, energy, and spirit, his original domain had vanished.
However, with the help of spirit nodes, he could reconstruct an entirely new domain.
This was essentially his mecha domain, created by replicating the structure of a mecha using spirit nodes.
The Domain of All Things controlled the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth, enabling Xu Yuan to control all forces within the surrounding domain.
When two domains of control collided, one was destined to fall behind.
Upon collision of the domains, Xu Yuan's Domain of All Things emerged victorious.
The Realm of the Light God was compressed until it remained only within ten meters around Long Haochen.
Meanwhile, Xu Yuan's Domain of All Things enveloped the entire Demon Suppressing Pass.
"How is this possible!"
Long Haochen exclaimed.
His voice carried shock.
Xu Zhi was also astonished.
He knew how domineering Long Haochen's Realm of the Light God was; within it, he was like a deity. Yet, upon encountering Xu Yuan's domain, it was directly suppressed.
"What kind of domain is this?"
Looking at the domain Xu Yuan constructed with spirit nodes, Xu Zhi became intrigued.
He realized this was a domain entirely completed within this month, not a power Xu Yuan brought from Douluo Planet!
"The spiritual energy system is truly perfect, with many areas yet to be explored. Ninety-nine spirit nodes, each has the potential to develop range-based powers. With just nine spirit nodes, there's hope to construct a domain-like ability. And with the spiritual pill, ten spirit nodes working together can form a stable domain. As more spirit nodes are added, the domain will grow increasingly powerful."
Xu Yuan slowly spoke.
It was as if he was enlightening Long Haochen, but in reality, he was explaining to his father under the guise of teaching Long Haochen.
For a son to explain cultivation to his father was quite embarrassing for Xu Zhi, so Long Haochen benefited instead.
"This domain is purely constructed with spirit nodes; it's not even my strongest essence-energy-spirit domain." Xu Yuan spoke with unwavering confidence.
If he unleashed the three essence-energy-spirit domains, the Realm of the Light God would likely be suppressed back into Long Haochen's body.
Could a domain obtained with over a hundred innate spiritual energy really compete with his near-perfect domain constructed with ninety spirit nodes?
Perhaps the Realm of the Light God was truly perfect in terms of perfection, but in terms of potency, Xu Yuan's Domain of All Things was superior.
Humans can triumph over heaven.
Because heaven lacks willpower; all evolution doesn't progress towards becoming stronger, whereas humans can.
Long Haochen's pupils contracted, and an unprecedented earthquake seemed to occur within his heart.
The cultivation of spiritual energy could actually have such directions.
"Long Haochen, after today's battle, I will leave." Xu Yuan calmly stated, "My father invited me to witness your next great feat, but I am neither curious nor concerned."
"If you truly have ambition, face heaven and earth, resist their assimilation, and ascend to godhoodâthat would be worth remembering."
Evading the assimilation of the Holy Demon Continent's heaven and earth to ascend to godhood in another world was an escape.
Outside the battlefield, Xu Zhi took a deep breath.
"Spiritual Furnaces, spirit nodesâsure enough, there's much more to explore in the spiritual energy system."
Xu Zhi's lips slowly curved into a smile.
For a scientist, such things were the most exciting.
After fighting in bloody wars for over a decade, he was finally about to embark on the most anticipated period of cultivation.
And now, at the very start of this true cultivation phase, Xu Yuan had pointed out the way for him.
Xu Zhi's research desire had reached its peak.
After a moment of silence, the confusion in Long Haochen's eyes dissipated.
He wasn't swayed by Xu Yuan's words.
His journey to create a world in that plane wasn't for his own ascension to godhood but for Hao Yue, and thus bypassing heaven and earth was irrelevant.
Within his body, thirteen orbs of light shone, flying out from his body and fusing behind him, condensing into a massive throne.
The throne's main body was a translucent white, like jade carved meticulously. The throne emitted a resplendent nine-colored glow, gradually forming interwoven halos behind him.
The top of the backrest was carved with the sun, moon, and stars; the middle depicted birds, beasts, and living creatures; the base connecting to the seat portrayed natural scenery. On the armrests were statues of a sacred dragon and a twelve-winged angel.
The emergence of the throne exuded an indescribable sense of majesty.
Standing before the throne, Long Haochen seemed like a monarch overlooking his own heaven and earth.
In his right hand, the Royal Sword transformed into a ball of light and returned to his body.
Behind him, the Divine Seal Throne split into two beams of light.
Armor resembling jade carving emerged, emitting resplendent light that complemented him naturally. On his left and right shoulders were statues of the sacred dragon and the twelve-winged angel.
In his hand was a giant sword radiating nine-colored light.
The Eternal and Creation Armor, the Eternal and Creation Sword.
Transformed from the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, these two pieces of equipment both reached the level of transcendent divine artifacts.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan also took a deep breath.
From the Hunyuan Spear, an aura oscillating between black and white enveloped Xu Yuan.
Amidst the black-and-white transformation, Xu Yuan seemed to genuinely possess essence, energy, and spirit.
His power didn't increase, yet he gave off a more dangerous vibe.
At this moment, Xu Yuan looked like a mere shadow.
It was as if the human form was merely his current manifestation.
His true form should beâ
A Spiritual Furnace!
A Spiritual Furnace!
Long Haochen couldn't help but shake his head in disbelief. After reopening his eyes and looking at Xu Yuan, he realized Xu Yuan was indeed a Spiritual Furnace.
Three phantom images successively appeared on the Spiritual Furnace.
First, a galaxy, then a blood sea, and finally, a real world.
The three scenes shifted, representing three different forms.
Within these three scenes, the shadows of three Spiritual Furnaces successively emerged.
One of them gave Long Haochen an extremely familiar feeling.
"The Holy Attraction Spiritual Furnace!"
Like his Holy Attraction Spiritual Furnace fused with the Light Elf King, Xu Yuan's Holy Attraction Spiritual Furnace had also undergone its fourth evolution.
The difference lay in the method of evolution and the form.
The effects were worlds apart.
The three realms rapidly transformed, ultimately merging into three orbs of light within the three Spiritual Furnaces.
The initial phantom of the Three Lives Spiritual Furnace split into three.
Among the three major Spiritual Furnaces, the Stellar Spiritual Furnace transformed into countless points of light, falling onto Xu Yuan's body and linking with his ninety resonating spirit nodes, forming a suit of armor.
The Holy Attraction Spiritual Furnace and the Primordial Vortex Spiritual Furnace simultaneously merged into the Hunyuan Spear.
"Long Haochen, let's fight!"
The real battle began.
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