Chapter 205 – Chains of Annihilation and Petrification!
"Filthy beast! Take my Palm Thunder!"
Suppressing the Time-Space Nightmare Beast with his cosmic projection, Jiang Zhe in silver robes hurled the inconspicuous lightning orb from his palm.
In midair, it stretched into a spear of lightning, streaking across the void like a meteor. Its terrifying might tore open black cracks in space wherever it passed.
Its speed was beyond imagination. Yet, around the lightning spear, time itself distorted strangely—sometimes rushing forward, sometimes slowing down—creating a disorienting sense of rupture.
Just from this, the Nightmare Beast immediately sensed its danger.
It refused to sit still. Burning its divine body without hesitation, its strength surged a thousandfold as it tried to break free from the binding "Domain of Lightning."
The effect wasn't ideal, but it managed to shake off a portion of the suppression.
Before it could react further, fiery black scales surfaced across its body, forming a set of armor. With its claw wrapped in flames, the beast struck toward the lightning spear, leaving a blazing crimson scar tens of thousands of kilometers across the void.
The claw's force was terrifying—enough that even a stray spark of its law-infused flames could reduce a planet to ash.
Just how strong was the Time-Space Nightmare Beast?
Jiang Zhe quickly judged—its divine body base strength was at the peak of King level. Normally, a beast like this had sixfold life gene levels, and with at least a tenfold divine body amplification...
Its full-force strike carried at least six million times the power of a World Lord. And now, it had even ignited its divine body!
The lightning spear and the beast's claw collided.
BOOM—
A devastating shockwave swept out, tearing apart space itself, creating chaotic storms that erased everything within reach.
The instant they clashed, fear and panic flashed across the Nightmare Beast's golden and silver eyes.
"How can it be this strong?!"
"No… this isn't just an energy strike! Is there a hidden treasure within it?!"
"Cunning bastard… you deserve death!"
But it was already too late.
The spear exploded. All of Palm Thunder's force poured into the Nightmare Beast.
Palm Thunder—Jiang Zhe's personal creation during his studies of Mastering the Five Thunders in Chaos City.
This time, his silver-clad incarnation used it for the first live experiment.
And with the first secret pattern of his treasure "Thunder" activated, its power multiplied to terrifying levels.
The beast's treasured armor couldn't withstand it. The blast shattered the armor apart, scattering its scales through space, while the beast's divine body—half of its twin-wolf form—was reduced to dust.
At the explosion's heart, countless chains of blue lightning spread outward like maddened serpents, forming a domain of annihilation that devoured everything within a spherical space.
"Thunder": First Secret Pattern — Chains of Annihilation.
—Only by fully comprehending the Law of Lightning can it be driven.
—Upon activation, Thunder gains unparalleled penetration. Countless lightning chains erupt at the impact site, saturating the area with annihilation.
Palm Thunder had erased over 10% of the Nightmare Beast's divine body instantly.
Normally, scattered divine body particles could reform thanks to its "immortal body" trait.
But the chains lashed out again, burning away countless fragments, dealing a second wave of devastating damage.
The surviving half of its body barely escaped the chain-filled domain. Its divine particles reassembled into the twin-headed wolf form, but its body was clearly smaller, its aura weaker.
"Damn you! Damn you! I'll kill you!" the Nightmare Beast roared hysterically.
That one strike, plus the body it had burned, had cost it nearly 20% of its divine form. Another hit like that would push it past the danger line, cutting its strength in half, leaving it to be toyed with like prey.
But Jiang Zhe was far from finished.
He recalled "Thunder" into his hand, where the lightning condensed into a long weapon, half-spear, half-scepter.
His eyes narrowed slightly. After binding Thunder, it felt like an extension of his own body. Within the chain-filled domain, he could sense everything as if it were his personal field.
The beast's divine particles, the strange substances merging with the Silent Wind...
This prison was far more intriguing than he'd imagined.
The Nightmare Beast realized that survival mattered more than pride.
So—without hesitation, it ran!
One moment, it was cursing. The next, golden wings unfurled behind it, carrying it away at frightening speed, slicing through the Silent Wind itself.
Yet another treasure.
But Jiang Zhe was unsurprised. His cosmic projection covered everything; there was no escape.
"Two-headed cur, did I say you could leave?"
Arcs of lightning burst across the void, and his projection's suppressive power intensified.
The beast's speed plummeted despite its treasure's aid.
Jiang Zhe stepped through space, using the Black Hole Evolution footwork, creating miniature singularities with each stride. In an instant, he caught up.
Lightning spear in hand, he twisted the shaft, unleashing dazzling spear flowers that tore apart space.
"Dog, consider yourself lucky—taste my secret art: Black Hole Style!"
This was a technique Jiang Zhe had created before the Genius Tournament, now refined with the essence of Black Hole Evolution into a fearsome mastery.
As a warrior, he had never abandoned spear training.
"Damn you! Why won't you leave me be?!" the beast howled.
"I am an Invincible King! If you push me too far, you'll suffer too!"
With its escape impossible, the beast flared its golden wings, releasing fiery feathers that shot forward like arrows, while burning its divine body again for a thousandfold boost.
"Rain of Fire!"
Feathers streaked like fiery bolts, weaving a sea of flames thousands of kilometers high.
"Black Hole—Shatter!"
Jiang Zhe's body expanded, burning his own divine form. Black patterns of Earth Law crawled across his lightning spear.
He twisted the weapon, drawing out spear flowers.
Space collapsed into a terrifying black hole that swallowed the incoming flames.
Black Hole Style—Absorb! Seal! Grind!
Though the law-infused flames strained to burst the construct apart, Jiang Zhe's spear tip moved with lightning precision, striking each burning feather, unraveling their secret inscriptions.
One by one, the flames collapsed.
Then—the black hole erupted with monstrous suction, dragging the Nightmare Beast in. Half its body was swallowed, shredded apart by relentless spear strikes.
Chains of annihilation lashed out from the spear, erasing the scattered divine particles.
Another 10% of its divine body was gone. Its aura plummeted by half.
The beast felt death breathing down its neck.
"Flame Scales—detonate!"
Its armor exploded, tearing the black hole apart and hurling searing shards at Jiang Zhe.
But a massive shield appeared before him, blocking everything.
"I'd wager if you keep this up, your armor will be destroyed soon enough."
"As long as I live, that's enough!" the beast rasped, bloodshot eyes glaring.
"Let's end this! We have no enmity. There's no need to fight to the death."
"You die, I live," Jiang Zhe corrected coldly.
Snarling, the beast threatened, "Push me further, and I'll detonate my treasures and body. You don't even wear armor—can that single shield protect you from everything?"
Its armor reformed, molten-red. Then, with forced calm, it produced a massive sword. A treasure—but only a basic one.
"I'll give this as compensation. Take it, and we part ways."
Jiang Zhe sneered. "Why settle for one when killing you means I take them all?"
"Wretch! Look here!"
He shook his shield.
The Medusa face engraved upon it glared, releasing twin beams of earthen light that fell upon the beast.
Stone crept across its body before it could react.
Aegis: First Secret Pattern — Petrification.
"You damned monster! What treasure is this?!"
"Get out! Get out of my body!"
The beast's voice cracked with terror. Petrification wasn't just restraint—it destroyed his divine body itself, eroding it into lifeless stone.
In mere moments, his remaining divine form dropped below 60%.
Desperate, he burned his body again, fighting off the petrification, but his reserves plunged even lower.
Death was closing in.
Cursing in his native tongue, the beast screamed, "You bastard! You should die a thousand deaths!"
"Your cries are the highest praise," Jiang Zhe smiled, raising his lightning spear. "Time to end this."
"Drip Water Style!"
Behind him, the phantom of a colossal Lightning Beast God appeared, ninety thousand kilometers tall, its face fierce as it extended a finger forward.
Jiang Zhe's spear thrust in unison.
The spearhead shone with dazzling brilliance, piercing the void faster than thought itself, crashing down upon the Nightmare Beast.
Bound by projection, slowed by petrification, the beast had no chance to dodge.
Its golden wings crossed before it, but Jiang Zhe twisted his spear, forcing them apart. The spear shot through, shattering both heads, then pierced down its spine, divine body unraveling inch by inch.
"Thunder—First Secret Pattern: Chains of Annihilation!"
Lightning chains erupted, devouring the scattered fragments like hungry serpents.
Drip Water Style, followed by annihilation chains—the beast's divine body dropped below 50%, its aura collapsing.
"You bastard! If I die, I'll take you with me!"
"Flame Scales—detonate! Body—detonate!"
The Nightmare Beast unleashed everything.
BOOM—
The world collapsed. An Invincible King's self-detonation shook the prison like doomsday itself.
But Jiang Zhe had already raised Aegis before him. The planet-sized shield bore the brunt, hurling him millions of kilometers away.
In a desolate starfield, he reformed his divine body. The shockwaves no longer threatened him.
He recalled Thunder and Aegis with a faint smile.
"I told you—it's you who dies, and I who live."
A sigh escaped him.
"If only my true body were here. After Drip Water, I could've followed with a will strike, then soul enslavement… An Invincible King with six million World Lord strength as my servant would've been magnificent."
But then, he frowned.
"No. It wouldn't matter. Any King who tempers his body in the Silent Wind prison can never leave this place alive. The moment they leave… they die."
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