Chapter 493: Unleashed Fury

Blood is boiling!

Metal is going berserk!

Incredible speed!

Divine Blessing!

Defense enhanced!

..

The white glow of the system tool flashed wildly.

Lu Tianming, his dual blades forming a cross on his chest, wasted no time adopting a defensive stance and promptly applied up to twelve layers of attribute buffs.

In a sudden moment, he disregarded whether his actions were excessive.

Suspending a bead that repels Mental Shock beside him, Lu Tianming sneered viciously, his eyes blazing with maddening murderous intent.

Contrary to everyone’s expectation that he would instantly switch to an offensive stance and rush toward Yenir…

Intent on absolute victory and total domination, he didn’t care that he was already ten times stronger than Yenir; he insisted on using a slew of buff items!

Strength up! Burst power up! Defense up! Speed up!

With three layers of defense plus a temporary boost to his burst capacity, he nearly instantaneously pushed his battle prowess to its unfathomable limit!

After expending nearly 300,000 points on consumable buffs, his strength had soared to its theoretical peak!

In stark contrast to Yenir, who was only clad in a Combat Uniform, he appeared almost divinely empowered as he charged toward Yenir with ruthless determination.

His body gleamed with a magnificent brilliance, almost like the sun, completely overwhelming Yenir!

No time was given for Yenir to react. Amid the shocked stares of the spectators, he burst forth at top speed.

Smashing his right foot into the ground, he propelled himself forward at nearly supersonic speed, the air filled with a piercing roar.

Meanwhile, spectators inside and outside the arena were left astounded.

Even though nearly everyone had bet on Lu Tianming, no one expected that the top-tier powerhouse, already unfathomably strong, would still act with such caution against Yenir!

This wasn’t just a strength showdown; he treated Yenir as a must-kill enemy, leaving no room for mercy!

Offstage, Fang Hao, suddenly coming back to his senses, gasped as his breath caught.

Even from the sidelines, he felt Lu Tianming’s aura had become utterly terrifying. In this initial offensive strike, if Yenir faltered or failed to escape… it would be total annihilation!

Dodge!

Watching Yenir stand there cluelessly on stage, he nearly had his plan to charge in and rescue the fool all figured out!

A single sword strike would suffice!? No, a single cut should do it!

“Interesting…”

He seemed to rise above it all.

Observing Lu Tianming, swathed in an array of buffs, hurtling forward at breakneck speed, Yenir couldn’t help but silently commend his velocity.

That old dog sure hides his true power.

Despite his stats overwhelmingly outmatching Yenir, he still chose the most cautious strategy.

But unlike everyone’s assumption that Lu Tianming was launching a reckless, no-defense attack, Yenir, amid the overwhelming mental aura that cloaked the arena at the start of the battle, immediately recognized his true intent.

“Even using his skills now—the angle of the right blade in Angry Slash is all wrong…”

“Looks like he worries I’ll trigger Mental Shock, testing my limits even in the first round?”

Seeing Lu Tianming ready to switch his blades into defense at any moment, Yenir let out a bitter laugh.

Not bad at all—if his goal is to kill without any surprises, that old dog has indeed gone to great lengths…

But…

If you’re not using your innate powers, then don’t bother!

“Boom!”

Just as Lu Tianming barreled forward with crushing force, Yenir instantly activated Fallen Heaven.

In an instant, a blue shield manifested before him! Simultaneously, a shockwave burst out in a ring.

He held his dual blades firmly.

As the shockwave struck him, momentarily slowing him down, a peculiar glint flashed in Lu Tianming’s eyes.

Anti-resistance defense skill!?

In a dual mode at this level, they’d be blasted apart in an instant, leaving a vulnerability!

But this strength… is far too weak!

Snap!

One slash fell like cutting through ice; the shield, designed to handle any full-fledged intermediate attack, was effortlessly shattered.

Fragments of blue spiritual energy exploded outward; with barely a touch, his slash astonishingly dismantled the entire shield!

With his blade’s edge inches from Yenir’s right hand, poised for a change in form to strike, Lu Tianming couldn’t contain his wild elation.

Just as he expected! That kid couldn’t even parry one of his cuts!

Come on! Unleash your innate power!

If he can hold off the Mental Shock, the rest is Lu Tianming’s moment for a brutal finish!

Time seemed to freeze as, in this ultra-close distance, Yenir—who you’d expect to be terrified and unleashing his potential—showed no hint of emotion in Lu Tianming’s eyes.

In an instant, his vision blurred as Yenir, previously standing still, transformed into a soaring blade and surged into the sky faster than Lu Tianming himself.

Meanwhile, an extraordinarily powerful burst of Spirit Energy gathered rapidly—far surpassing intermediate levels.

Fallen Heaven, Stage Two! Destruction Impact!

Reacting with lightning speed, Lu Tianming suddenly looked up, his eyes fixed intently on the fleeing Yenir.

He hadn’t anticipated that a skill seemingly meant for defense would possess such a potent singular effect! It appears there’s even more impact potential in later stages!?

But… that’s it!

You think that by fleeing into the air you’ll escape my wrath? Ridiculous!

Without a moment’s hesitation.

Bending his legs slightly, a powerful surge erupted from them in an instant.

Noticing that Yenir sought to keep his distance in fear, Lu Tianming switched tactics and decided to deliver a single decisive slash!

Boom!!

The ground collapsed again. To the spectators, the fighters’ movements were like fleeting afterimages—one moment on the ground, the next already airborne!

Blade Net! Celestial Curtain!

Like a cannonball, he soared into mid-air with no intention of holding back. At supersonic speed, he reappeared before Yenir. With a cruel smile, his dual blades seemed to expand tenfold, their colossal shadows coalescing into a massive Blade Net!

Covered from every angle with no escape, this strike was enough to pulverize even a same-tier mutant into fragments!

If Yenir tried to evade now, his only option would be to retreat to the ground!

But…

The true killing intent of this Blade Net was its power to converge at a single point and cleave Yenir apart!

Unless Yenir can interrupt his Spirit Energy output with Mental Shock, he’s as good as dead! With this strike committed, even Fang Hao would have no angle to rescue him!

The howling of the blade was astonishing. Every Military Third-Stage Awakener present felt the overwhelming suffocating presence of the Blade Net around Yenir, even if they weren’t the ones in combat.

This level of combat is simply too fast!

Under Lu Tianming’s all-out strike, in just over a second, Yenir appeared backed into a corner!

In their eyes, even though Yenir’s leap into mid-air was flashy, it was as futile as a rat’s escape.

“The fight is over.”

“One strike is all it takes! Even if that kid surrenders now, he’d still be waiting for Fang Hao and his crew to save him!”

As high-level Awakeners, several Military Third-Stage fighters watching shared the same thought.

A monotonously overwhelming fight.

They could see that, despite Lu Tianming not sparing a strike, Yenir was forced to retreat from the outset, denied even a chance to counter.

Under such overwhelming power, thinking that he could last three seconds was a gross overestimate of the kid!

Too weak! Too weak!

Some even unexpectedly started rooting for Yenir as the outcome became clear.

Hang on! Survive those next five seconds before your end!

They had bet on Yenir lasting five seconds before being taken down—now it’s only one or two seconds. Pathetic!

None of them expected Lu Tianming to take the battle so seriously as to stockpile buff items, further widening the already massive gap!

Meanwhile, Zhao Hongtu in the stands suddenly leapt to his feet, ready to sprint out like a leopard.

With his battle-hardened experience, it was clear the Blade Net harbored lethal intent—designed to force Yenir to fall and thwart any rescue attempts!

Ignoring the pale-faced Ye Xiaoan, in that split second, countless hearts leaped to their throats.

Some were overjoyed, others enraged by Yenir’s poor display, and still others worried.

Trapped under the all-encompassing Blade Net, Yenir was like a caged bird with death imminent.

But before Lu Tianming could revel in the sight of the first strand of blade energy slicing toward Yenir’s head, Yenir’s figure suddenly vanished from view.

Buzz

Under a subtle spatial rippling, amid the horrified stares, the youthful figure—with nowhere to hide—vanished as if he were air.

Dimensional Surge!

As if time stood still, Yenir sneered cruelly, watching Lu Tianming, frozen in a dimensional stasis, as the Elemental Blade in his hand struck unhesitatingly at his limbs.

Ten strikes…

Dismemberment!!

Swords slicing through like beams of light.

You do your drugs, and I’ll never cheat!?

Die!