Chapter 663 - 656: Turmoil
Sinking Land!!
Sa, the core consciousness of the fusion, couldn’t resist using a move he had used before, as if wanting to avenge his previous humiliation.
The Warhammer, formed from six giant fists, smashed down toward Zhou Yuanjue. The terrifying shockwave it generated actually affected the clouds, causing a massive bulge to form in the sky as the air below them was displaced.
One could only imagine the terrifying power of this strike.
And on the other side, facing such a terrifying attack, Zhou Yuanjue responded in the same way as before.
He threw a punch, aiming for the sky!!
Their terrifying attacks collided once more!
A terrifying tremor ran through the surrounding space, but for a moment, there was no sound. In that instant, the air itself, the medium for sound, had been completely blasted away for several kilometers.
For a split second, both sides were frozen in place.
Then, a terrifying depression appeared on the ocean’s surface.
Tens of kilometers.
Hundreds of kilometers.
A thousand kilometers!!
If one were watching from outer space, they would have clearly seen a massive, concave silhouette form on the surface of the central Pacific Ocean.
This time, however, Zhou Yuanjue was unable to hold his ground as he had before. Under the immense force of the blow, his body was slammed into the ocean, plunging hundreds of meters below the surface in an instant.
The Ancestral Fusion Body showed no signs of stopping. After a brief pause, a huge propulsive force burst from the pipes on its back, and its massive body instantly plunged into the turbulent sea in pursuit of Zhou Yuanjue.
The battlefield had moved from the surface to the depths of the ocean.
GLUG GLUG GLUG!!
The sound of rushing water roared around him, but Zhou Yuanjue’s expression was calm. He didn’t seem the least bit flustered by his fall to the ocean floor. In truth, he could survive even without air; the surface and the seabed made little difference to him.
Then, he saw a massive shadow plunge through the surface and charge toward him.
’The power of this fusion body... it’s a bit beyond my expectations.’
Zhou Yuanjue narrowed his eyes slightly.
In the next moment, the incredibly oppressive figure appeared before Zhou Yuanjue again. Its six massive, thick arms displayed an unimaginable coordination, undulating through the water like seaweed.
Then.
They struck out violently!!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
In an instant, countless terrifying attacks enveloped Zhou Yuanjue. Each of the afterimages left by the six arms carried an extremely terrifying power.
Zhou Yuanjue’s expression didn’t change.
’Six arms?’
’You think having six arms makes you faster than me?’
The next moment.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!!
His own two arms suddenly lashed out, their speed more than a match for his opponent’s. Without any attempt to dodge, he chose to meet the attack head-on!!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
The collision of two terrifying, world-ending monsters beneath the ocean’s surface had catastrophic consequences.
The already turbulent seawater was churned even more violently. Before their power, the entire Pacific Ocean seemed like a basin of water in one’s home, shaking ceaselessly.
The result of this was a massive displacement of water.
At that moment, the faces of the Martial Artists guarding the coastlines paled.
For they could clearly see, on the distant horizon where the sky met the sea, a wave as massive as a mountain range was surging forth, rolling toward the land.
"Dammit!!"
On the border of the Beisha Country coastline, Gleb couldn’t help but curse as he watched the terrifying wave rush toward him.
’The impact of a single battle... has reached this scale?!’
’If they keep fighting like this for a while longer, will half of human civilization be destroyed by the natural disasters caused by the aftershocks?!’
’Just what kind of power is this?!’
"All units, listen up! Stop this tsunami from making landfall, no matter the cost!!"
Gleb roared, taking the lead and charging toward the massive, rolling wave.
Similar scenes were unfolding on the coastlines of human-controlled territories all over the world. Just dealing with the natural disasters caused by the battle’s aftershocks was already running the Martial Artists ragged. No one could imagine what kind of clash was occurring at the heart of the battlefield.
’Miss Li!! Can you transmit a message to Yuan Jue?! Tell him not to fight underwater! If this goes on, we won’t even need a Celestial Demon attack—half of human civilization will be destroyed!’
On the Donghua Coastline, the Chief Commissioner cried out in his mind to a certain unseen presence, hoping to change the current situation. Faced with a tsunami of this magnitude, the Martial Artists alone could never fully defend against it.
"I know."
Li Qingxuan’s voice then echoed in the Chief Commissioner’s mind. Her tone also seemed to carry a sense of shock at the natural disasters caused by the battle’s fallout.
Hearing Li Qingxuan’s reply, the Chief Commissioner let out a sigh of relief, but then his heart leaped into his throat again.
More than the immediate natural disaster, he was worried about whether this huge variable would ultimately affect the outcome of the war.
No matter how great the disaster, humanity could rebuild their homes with perseverance. But if this battle was lost, humanity would lose its future entirely.
「Meanwhile, on the battlefield.」
As Zhou Yuanjue was trading blows with the Ancestral Fusion Body, Li Qingxuan’s voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Yuan Jue, stop fighting underwater! The Martial Artists can’t hold back the disasters stirred up by the battle’s aftershocks!!"
Her voice instantly made Zhou Yuanjue jolt.
’That’s right...’
’My opponent is strong. It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to unleash my power so freely. I got too excited and seemed to have forgotten why I chose the middle of the Pacific Ocean for the battlefield.’
’It was to minimize the damage from the aftershocks.’
"I got a little carried away..."
Zhou Yuanjue muttered to himself as a sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
Looking at the opponent before him—a madman without reason, frantically pouring out terrifying Energy—a faint smile touched the corners of his lips.
"Power gained by sacrificing reason, power that you can’t fully control, can never compare to the power that Martial Artists forge through countless trials until it becomes one with themselves..."
"Don’t you understand that?"
The next moment, as he faced his opponent’s incoming fist, the way Zhou Yuanjue generated power seemed to change.
The muscles throughout his body knotted together. His life structure instantly closed, and the Sacred Lotus reverted to a state like a flower bud.
At the same time, all his power concentrated at the tip of his fist, so much so that the clear shape of a white Sacred Lotus appeared around it.
Just like his life structure, this Sacred Lotus pattern was closed like a bud.
But the moment Zhou Yuanjue threw his punch...
From the structure of his life essence, to the muscles of his physical body, to all the power condensed at the tip of his fist...
The structure of the Sacred Lotus bud violently bloomed!!