Chapter 317: The War Ends, Earth Transmigration Faction Victorious
Countless Laws intertwined in the Void Realm, and a terrifying, world-ending Aura spread out.
The entire virtual arena, a space designed to withstand Sector Lord-level attacks, was groaning and cracking.
Shi Jian let loose, his entire body glowing like a scorching sun, erupting with boundless, blinding light.
His fists were like jade, crystal clear and perfect, yet when he attacked, they were more terrifying than heavenly thunder.
Every single punch contained a certain Law, indestructible and incredibly powerful.
He mainly attacked Lin Dong, whose expression was solemn. Lin Dong's body was cracking, his entire arm glowing with the power of the Formation he was anchoring. He threw a punch, and with the Formation's amplification, his punch was world-shaking!
Their fists emitted monstrous light, far surpassing anything that had come before.
Boom!
Dust and chaotic energy surged, and the arena floor, forged from virtual divine metals, was permanently damaged!
Swish!
Fang Han also made his move, his form ethereal as an Immortal. With a gentle, almost casual flick of his right hand, Chaos light bloomed. It seemed ethereal and harmless, yet it struck Shi Jian with a single, devastating blow.
Shi Jian blasted Lin Dong away with one punch, then instantly struck back at Fang Han.
His body emitted a light like a flying Immortal, and endless light rain stung people's eyes, the sheer density of Law making the air painful to breathe.
Suddenly, mountains collapsed and seas roared in the virtual background. A Giant Elephant soared across the sky, the sun hung high, great stars revolved, Universe stars appeared, and the vast Milky Way shone brightly, its Divine Might absolute!
Yang Qi and the other members also pressed down upon him, their own phenomena manifesting.
Several major protagonists, each a supreme expert capable of vying for supremacy, had united to deal with one person.
It was a shocking, unbelievable sight.
Any one of these people was enough to sweep aside thousands of troops, standing proudly above all beings with few rivals.
Yet now, the battle had evolved to this point.
"Kill!"
Shi Jian let out a long roar. The Battle Robe of Gods on his body glowed with divine light. Facing the multi-person siege, his Five Emperors Canopy and Dominator Domain managed to hold on, but the Battle Robe of Gods was starting to give way!
[Inorin's Note: The Battle Robe of Gods is a defensive art from Sage Monarch. The Five Emperors Canopy and Dominator Domain are other high-tier crossover techniques.]
It was already shattered in several places, divine light leaking from the cracks.
The Dominator Domain frantically operated, a vortex of darkness appearing around Shi Jian, absorbing the overwhelming attack power of several people, which then flowed into Shi Jian's body.
This made his blood boil, supercharging his virtual body and allowing him to contend with everyone.
At this moment, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. Demons cried and gods howled, blood rained down, and endless light mist boiled.
The several people almost turned into beams of pure light, entangled and constantly colliding at impossible speeds.
"Kill!"
Shi Hao attacked with his full force. He pointed a single finger, and on his hand, the undeniable flow of the Time Law emerged!
This was the Law of Time.
He had comprehended the Profound Truth of Reincarnation within his Supreme Bone, gaining insight into a trace of the power of time, and had successfully stepped into the Domain of Time.
[Inorin's Note: Shi Hao's "Supreme Bone" is a core part of his power in Perfect World, granting him innate, heaven-defying abilities, including control over Reincarnation and Time.]
With the power of "years" adding to his body, Shi Jian delivered a fierce blow. His entire body glowed with Immortal Divine Light, using his own power and profound understanding to directly contend with time!
He formed a fist seal and unleashed a brilliant strike. From within his fist, golden willow branches—the manifestation of Liu Shen's technique—flew out, transforming into chains of order.
He sent Shi Hao flying!
A fierce, Law-shattering collision.
Shi Hao grunted, his virtual body flickering. He then coughed up a mouthful of "blood" and retreated, his aura diminished.
He was not lightly injured, having suffered greatly in this decisive battle of Laws.
However...
Shi Jian was also not lightly injured. While he was clashing with Shi Hao, Yang Qi, Fang Han, and the others didn't let him off. Their attacks slammed into his back.
"To force so many of you to join forces against me... if I lose, it's still worth it!"
Shi Jian spoke coldly, his voice steady despite the damage. He contended with many protagonists, and even in this siege, he was reigning supreme among the heroes!
Various patterns intertwined on his body. He used all his strength, unleashed countless secret techniques, and went on a killing spree.
"Even if I fall, I will not end alone! Those who block my path shall die!"
Outside his body, blood-red Qi surged into the sky, and his fist seal was world-shaking.
He activated various Laws, sweeping across all directions!
Shi Jian contended with many protagonists. The armor on his body roared, and light mist surged. He struck his opponents several times, but also took just as many hits.
Even with the Dominator Domain and Five Emperors Canopy present, "blood" still flowed.
It stained his white robe.
However, he fought even more fiercely.
He moved freely, with broad and powerful strikes, invincible!
Countless Divine Lights amplified his back. Shi Jian roared, shaking the earth and mountains. He used all his strength and directly charged at Lin Dong!
A variable.
Finally, at this moment, it appeared.
Lin Dong was defeated.
Although he had the assistance of the Formation and the protection of other group members...
However...
His strength compared to Shi Jian's...
The gap was still a bit large.
Shi Jian exchanged injuries for injuries, ignoring a blow from Fang Han to forcibly wear Lin Dong down.
By now, Lin Dong finally couldn't hold on.
He was knocked off the stage by Shi Jian's final, devastating punch, his body disintegrating.
Eliminated!
Suddenly, one person was missing.
The Formation of the remaining few people...
A slight, but fatal, disarray appeared instantly.
Shi Jian seized the opportunity. He ignored Yang Qi's spear and instantly burst towards Shi Hao!
Among the remaining people, Shi Hao's strength was not necessarily the weakest.
However...
He was the one Shi Jian understood best.
He was the best... breakthrough point!
The Immortal Qi cultivated from the cultivation method of the Swallowed Star world was unleashed by him. This Immortal Qi governed the Laws of this world, then erupted with its strongest power in an instant!
An unimaginable, terrifying crisis enveloped Shi Hao's entire body.
Shi Hao's body erupted with endless Divine Light, with lightning spreading around him, his entire being surging with Qi and blood!
"Kill!"
He did not dodge or evade. He met the attack head-on!
Several types of treasured techniques were used in his hands—Kunpeng, Lightning, Reincarnation. These treasured techniques superimposed on each other, becoming indistinguishable and unidentifiable.
The treasured techniques contained Laws, like a surging flood.
The huge roaring sound made one's Divine Soul feel as if it was about to shatter.
The light of various Laws intertwined, becoming the most fundamental Law.
Shi Jian coughed up blood again. His Five Emperors Canopy and Dominator Domain were almost broken. His body trembled violently, black mist surged, and blood overflowed from his mouth and nose!
Shi Hao gave him a fierce, final blow.
The others took this opportunity to also give him a fierce blow.
Shi Jian was sent flying backward, like a meteor smashing into an abyss.
He was even more severely injured.
However...
The results were also very fruitful.
Shi Hao was also eliminated.
After blasting Lin Dong, Shi Jian, taking advantage of the break in the Formation, instantly killed Shi Hao in a mutual-destruction-style exchange.
"As expected of older brother..."
The eliminated Shi Hao showed no disappointment on his face as his body reformed on the sidelines.
Although he lost...
However, this kind of loss... he liked it very much.
Because this was not one of those "cannot lose" battles.
In so many battles in his life, he stood at the forefront.
So he couldn't lose.
If he lost, there would be no one to take over. He had to be invincible.
But now it was different.
It didn't matter if he lost.
Many people would take over.
So, he lost happily.
"You can't escape!"
Yang Qi and Fang Han, like great Kunpeng, spread their bodies. Their arms shook, a fierce wind blew, their Aura vast and sweeping across the four fields, instantly pouncing on the heavily injured Shi Jian!
"Kill!"
Shi Jian let out a long roar after spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, and instantly met them.
However...
This time, he completely changed his fighting style.
No longer exchanging life for life.
No longer exchanging injuries for injuries.
But rather—stalling!
He unleashed the Law of Lightning, and lightning formed into a long river, exploding in this place, blocking the path of the crowd.
Shi Jian spread his Kunpeng wings, moving around, not engaging in direct combat, fully focusing on recovery using his body's innate regeneration.
Although he had killed three people in a row (Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, Shi Hao), he himself was severely injured.
If he continued with his previous life-for-life fighting style, he would at most take one more person down before being eliminated.
At that point, he would have no chance at first place.
Shi Jian still wanted to contend for first place.
'The rules of this arena match are not perfect,' Shi Jian thought to himself. 'There should be a mechanism for eliminating people and adding points!'
When the rules were set, he hadn't expected that this group of guys in the chat group...
Would actually team up to deal with him.
At that time, he was thinking of an exciting free-for-all.
You punch me, I kick you, you stab him.
Whoever could last until the end...
Would win.
It was because Xiao Yan was too arrogant, and everyone wanted to teach him a lesson, so they thought of uniting to eliminate him first!
One leads to two.
Once the idea of uniting to eliminate Xiao Yan emerged...
After seeing Shi Jian's overpowered stats in the PK round, everyone naturally had the idea of eliminating Shi Jian as well.
The free-for-all...
Suddenly turned into a large siege.
…
Silently, Shi Jian moved again. He struck from the darkness, without wind or waves, without a sound.
The Dao of Assassination.
He was directly attacking Yang Qi.
Yang Qi was also a master in this Dao. He immediately sensed Shi Jian's attack.
He turned sharply, formed a fist seal, and met the attack!
Sparks flew, and metallic clangs echoed, deafening.
With Shi Jian intent on avoiding battle, the other few people in the group found it difficult to take him down for a while.
Instead, they allowed him to recover little by little.
After four hours of this fierce cat-and-mouse battle, the few people were still evenly matched.
After another combined attack...
Yang Qi sighed, stopping for a moment. "This guy is too cunning. He's determined to avoid battle, and we can't take him down even with our combined efforts."
"This battle has dragged on long enough... Let's end it here!"
As soon as he spoke, the others instantly understood his meaning.
They wanted to unite to defeat Shi Jian, and then start a free-for-all.
But now...
Their Alliance could not defeat Shi Jian at all.
They couldn't achieve their goal.
Then...
Should they still maintain the Alliance?
"Bang!"
Meng Qi's long saber flashed, carving a trace in the air, and instantly slashed towards... Yang Qi!
Yang Qi's Nether God's Spear parried, clashing with the long saber.
The two instantly collided, and terrifying waves spread out.
Their "small Alliance"... disintegrated!
The long saber and spear clashed thousands of times in an instant, like lightning strikes, emitting powerful clanging sounds.
"Kill!" After their initial clash, Meng Qi struck again. His other hand's long sword swept out, but this time it wasn't aimed at Yang Qi.
Instead, it was aimed at Lin Feng!
"Your Sword Dao is unparalleled, but how will it fare against my dual mastery of saber and sword?"
Meng Qi abandoned Yang Qi and engaged Lin Feng in battle.
"Come, fight!"
As if by telepathy, Yang Qi's long spear swept out, Divine Power surging, and he too charged towards Fang Han!
Blood Qi surged, and Divine Might was overwhelming.
Chaotic battle, chaotic battle, an absolute chaotic battle!
Apart from Li Changshou, who kept his distance, Yang Qi, Fang Han, and the others engaged in a massive free-for-all.
Dual mastery of saber and sword against an peerless Sword Cultivator.
Meng Qi and Lin Feng exchanged dozens of blows in a flash. Saber light and Sword Qi raged, burning the Nine Heavens with demonic flames, collapsing the surroundings, and illuminating the heavens and earth.
They intertwined and then separated.
"Let me see how hard your turtle shell is!" Yang Qi's long spear swept out. Just as he charged over, he engaged Meng Qi again!
Meng Qi showed no fear, directly meeting him.
The struggle between the few of them completely abandoned all thought.
No longer allied.
You hit me, I hit you.
Completely spontaneous.
One second, it was one-on-one. The next, the other three might simultaneously attack you.
One second, you were allied with two others attacking one person.
The next second, you would be stabbed in the back!
A complete free-for-all.
A completely unreasonable, chaotic free-for-all!
"That's more like it!"
"Hahaha!"
Upon seeing this scene, Shi Jian no longer hid. He laughed as he charged over, like an emperor descending upon his unruly court.
He threw a punch.
His first strike was aimed at Yang Qi, using the Great Brightness Fist, which originated from the same lineage as Yang Qi, unleashing endless light. He swallowed mountains and rivers with his Aura, striking straight ahead.
As soon as the punch was thrown...
Heaven and earth overturned!
"Come, fight!"
Yang Qi leaped high, meeting him head-on, also throwing a punch.
In an instant...
Divine light illuminated the Nine Heavens.
This strike was filled with surging Blood Qi, terrifying beyond compare.
The two passed each other, then separated.
"You're finally not hiding anymore! Take a strike from me too!" Fang Han shouted, then also charged over.
With a rumble, between the two, mist surged, fierce flames burned the sky, and countless Laws intertwined!
"Take a strike from me too!"
The remaining Meng Qi and Lin Feng were not to be outdone, both striking in an instant.
In a flash...
The situation once again became Shi Jian against multiple opponents.
He responded to each, his body rippling.
Unlike when everyone teamed up before...
This time...
Everyone only teamed up to bombard Shi Jian when he first entered the fray.
After one strike!
They returned to their original free-for-all.
They did not deliberately team up against Shi Jian!
Completely spontaneous.
If an opportunity arose, a group would attack one person.
If the mood struck, one person would attack a group.
An absolute, glorious, chaotic battle!
Meng Qi let out a long cry, his arm glowing, and the illusory figure of his Incarnation appeared behind him, as if a God King merged with him. He formed a mudra and charged towards the others!
Yang Qi soared through the air, unleashing a Divine Ability, with a Giant Elephant roaring behind him, stepping into the world, incredibly terrifying.
Around Lin Feng, countless Sword Qi crisscrossed, with the power of Law integrated into the Sword Qi, as if to tear apart the sky.
Shi Jian, on the other hand, unleashed the Kunpeng Treasure Art, his entire body surging with Blood Qi, unleashing incredibly explosive attacks.
Fang Han also used all his methods, sending a large palm forward, shattering the Void Realm, and a wave-like force surged forth.
The others in the group (Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, etc.) couldn't help but roll their eyes when they saw this scene from the sidelines.
"Damn it..." Xiao Yan muttered. "You said we'd all gang up on Shi Jian."
"We got eliminated, and now you're playing like this?"
…
With such a chaotic battle, the situation quickly changed.
Lin Feng was the first to be unable to hold on, falling in defeat!
Although his attacks were sharp, in this kind of chaotic battle, his defensive capabilities were lacking.
The few of them fought in a complete free-for-all; sometimes he and others would gang up on someone else.
Sometimes...
Others would gang up on him.
After one clash with Shi Jian, he changed positions, perfectly getting caught in the middle of everyone.
Then...
He was instantly focus-fired and eliminated.
After Lin Feng was eliminated, the remaining Yang Qi and others continued their chaotic battle, and their fight became even more intense.
Not long after...
Someone else was eliminated.
But it wasn't Meng Qi who was eliminated.
It was Yang Qi.
His strength was top-tier, but he just happened to be focused-fired by Shi Jian, Fang Han, and Meng Qi all at once. Before his "death," he fought with all his might, unleashing a final, suicidal counterattack.
This attack heavily injured Shi Jian and Fang Han.
Shi Jian was already severely injured before, and then suffered Yang Qi's dying counterattack, leaving him almost completely exhausted.
Before his own "death"...
He fought back with all his might. He lunged at Fang Han, and in the end, he took Fang Han with him. They clashed one last time, and both were eliminated simultaneously, their bodies exploding.
His final blow also heavily injured Meng Qi.
Meng Qi, who was fighting in a frenzy, suddenly stopped. He looked at the empty, shattered arena.
He was utterly bewildered.
"I… won?"
While he was bewildered, a calm voice came from the edge of the arena.
"You didn't win yet!"
Li Changshou, with an innocent expression, revealed himself, dusting off his robes.
"Cough cough—"
"I'm still alive!"
"Defeat me… then you'll have won!"
Meng Qi, battered and bleeding, looked at the full-health, untouched Li Changshou. Then he looked at his own extremely battered self.
A wave of speechlessness washed over him.
"You… are you playing the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind, huh!"
"Hehe, that's not quite right…" Li Changshou chuckled again.
"Behind the oriole, there's a child with a slingshot shooting birds, and behind the child, there's an adult with a Seven Wolves cigarette…"
Meng Qi was truly speechless: "Infinite nesting dolls, huh?"
"Just kidding. I was at the bottom last round, so taking first this round is useless anyway," Li Changshou said, waving his hand.
"You can have this first place!"
"You know me, I don't like fighting…"
Li Changshou said, and with a smile, he turned and began walking off the stage, voluntarily surrendering.
"As if taking first place this round would be useful for me anyway!" Meng Qi snorted.
"Taking this first place or not makes no difference. I've already had my fun fighting!"
Meng Qi didn't hesitate. He slammed a palm hard on his own head.
Bang! He self-eliminated.
Li Changshou, who was about to step off the stage, froze. He turned around and saw Meng Qi's body disintegrating.
"Did I fail to surrender again, damn it?!"
…
As the two left the stage, the chaotic battle also ended.
Soon, the chaotic battle points were tallied:
(1st Eliminated) Xiao Yan: 1 point
(2nd Eliminated) Luo Feng: 2 points
(3rd Eliminated) Lin Dong: 3 points
(4th Eliminated) Shi Hao: 4 points
(5th Eliminated) Lin Feng: 5 points
(6th Eliminated) Yang Qi: 6 points
(Tied 7th Elim) Shi Jian: 7 points
(Tied 7th Elim) Fang Han: 7 points
(9th Eliminated) Meng Qi: 8 points
(Winner) Li Changshou: 9 points
Adding the points from the King of the Hill arena...
The final leaderboard was also arranged.
Shi Jian: 9 (PK) + 7 (Melee) = 16
Yang Qi: 8 (PK) + 6 (Melee) = 14
Fang Han: 7 (PK) + 7 (Melee) = 14
Meng Qi: 6 (PK) + 8 (Melee) = 14
Li Changshou: 0 (PK) + 9 (Melee) = 9
Lin Feng: 3 (PK) + 5 (Melee) = 8
Shi Hao: 3 (PK) + 4 (Melee) = 7
Lin Dong: 1 (PK) + 3 (Melee) = 4
Xiao Yan: 3 (PK) + 1 (Melee) = 4
Luo Feng: 1 (PK) + 2 (Melee) = 3
The man in the green robe from the Virtual Universe Company quickly announced the final power rankings.
Shi Jian first.
Yang Qi, Fang Han, Meng Qi tied for second.
Li Changshou third.
Lin Feng fourth, Shi Hao fifth, Lin Dong and Xiao Yan tied for sixth, and Luo Feng seventh!
"You're impressive!"
Yang Qi and the others presented Shi Jian with the highest honor among men.
At the same time...
Everyone also sent him Heavenly Dao power red packets in the group.
Instantly.
Nine hundred Heavenly Dao power arrived!
"Just average," Shi Jian said humbly, a faint smile on his face. "Only the best in the world."
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