The last day of the month—any support with monthly tickets would be greatly appreciated; my form has been improving recently. …… As Ye Chen pondered, the black-armored mecha drifted forward with phantom movements, flickering in and out of existence until it vanished entirely, leaving Ye Chen alone once more in the world.

Ye Chen’s gaze grew heavy as he scanned his surroundings. Bang!

A sharp pain struck the back of his head, the force so great it plunged him into darkness and nearly sent him tumbling. When he spun around to retaliate, he struck nothing but air.

The black-armored mecha hovered behind him, its expression a cold sneer, raising its battle blade to cleave down again. Ye Chen darted backward immediately, silently counting the seconds: the dual Superhuman Modes had 126 seconds remaining.

He watched the black-armored mecha vanish again, a chilling light flashing in his eyes as thoughts raced through his mind. Suddenly, his eyes brightened.

Without hesitation, he drew a line across the void, tearing open the Rune Space. His hand shot out, retrieving the Chain of the Water God stored within.

Ye Chen sealed the Rune Space and blinked several times, putting several thousand zhang of distance between himself and that patch of sky before slowly coming to a stop. While calculating the mecha’s movement speed, he rapidly activated the Chain of the Water God.

A rich, azure crystalline light emanated from the artifact, rising slowly from Ye Chen’s palm like a blue star, becoming the sole illumination in the heavens and earth. Whoosh~~~ An azure curtain of rain cascaded down like a fountain from the tip of the Chain of the Water God.

Before the liquid could reach the ground below, Ye Chen threw a punch; the vital force burning inside him condensed into an exquisite fire lotus that floated beneath the chain. The temperature between heaven and earth instantly soared, and as the crystalline water droplets descended, they hissed and vaporized into steam.

A hazy white mist spread across the world, billowing outward, hovering above the continent. Due to gravity, it did not float up to the ash-white crystalline wall of the space.

Ye Chen channeled a thread of Devouring Qi, pulling the Chain of the Water God backward. The blue deluge sprayed in a straight line across the sky, tracing a stunning landscape line.

The burning fire lotus drifted along with the chain, and the white vapor streamed past like an aircraft crossing the heavens, a straight trajectory cutting through the air. “Hmm?” The stealthily flying black-armored mecha frowned at Ye Chen’s bizarre actions.

“What is that idiot doing? Is he trying to blanket the sky with mist, so when I drift into it, the air currents will lock onto my position?” He frowned in thought, yet dared not let his guard down, circling the edge of the long mist cloud to hunt Ye Chen down.

“The mist is floating up high; can’t I just descend and fly beneath the cloud layer?” The black-armored mecha gave a cold laugh, glancing at the mist, and then accelerated. He knew that even if he flew into the fog, it would have no effect.

Ghost Qi was an extremely subtle gas, far finer than mere mist, allowing him to pass through without disturbing the slightest ripple. However, to guard against any trickery within the mist, he still refrained from entering it.

After pursuing with full effort for a while, the black-armored mecha realized the distance wasn’t closing and a flicker of rage appeared in his eyes. Glancing at Ye Chen in the distance, who was flying leisurely with an expression of ease, he cursed inwardly: “This fool, treating me as if I’m helpless, yet he doesn’t even run.

Does he think he has a way to deal with me?” Hiss, hiss~~~ The mist thickened across the sky. Ye Chen flew in a wide circle around the continent.

The black-armored mecha chased from afar; as one chased and the other fled, the mist grew denser. Finally, the black-armored mecha had a sudden realization, stopping abruptly and slapping his forehead, his heart boiling with fury.

“Damn it, I’m an idiot! Why am I chasing him?

Isn’t he flying a circuit around the continent? I only need to wait at a specific location, and he’ll run right into me.” With this thought, he pinpointed the direction of Ye Chen’s next turn, moved his form, and arrived at Ye Chen’s predetermined path, gripping his weapon tightly, his eyes placid as water while inwardly, murderous intent surged.

“Hmm?” Ye Chen had been flying for quite some time. Seeing no movement from the black-armored mecha behind him, he frowned slightly.

“After chasing for so long without success, given the difference in speed, he shouldn't continue the relentless pursuit but should take a detour and wait at a fixed point. Since I am circling the continent, aiming to cover every area with vapor, no matter where he waits, we will eventually collide.” “Most people would choose to wait quietly; after all, chasing wastes a lot of energy,” Ye Chen’s eyes flickered.

“Perhaps he knows this, which is why he’s still chasing behind me?” “No matter what, I cannot fix my flight path.” Ye Chen settled his resolve, spun his body, bypassed the location where he was supposed to fly, and charged in another direction. The black-armored mecha, waiting at the expected turning point, stood dumbfounded.

Only when Ye Chen’s figure disappeared into the distance did he leap up in exasperation, cursing, “Damn it, how did he know I was here? I #￥#￥…” After a torrent of curses, he gritted his teeth and gave chase, following Ye Chen from a distance, striving not to lose sight of him.

Around 105 seconds into the Superhuman Mode, Ye Chen had circled the continent dozens of times, spreading the water vapor to almost the entire sky. He stopped, swiftly stored the Chain of the Water God, waved his hand, and the burning vital force erupted from his palm, surging outward in a towering sea of fire, scattering onto the land below.

Where the flames touched the withered grass and small trees across the mountains and rivers, a violent conflagration erupted. Even some sands and rocks rich in fire element impurities began to burn, melting into magma under the terrifying heat.

Wooo… As the fierce wind blew, the scorched smoke rose into the sky. The black-armored mecha, chasing from behind, witnessed this scene and paused briefly, instantly understanding Ye Chen’s intention.

A look of shock and anger flashed in his eyes: “He’s creating clouds, trying to summon lightning!” Dark clouds form from the convergence of gases like hydrogen and carbon. As vast amounts of earth and trees were incinerated, black smoke rose and permeated the sky.

Before long, the entire continent’s firmament turned pitch black. Rumble~~~ Thunder roared within the cloud mass, electricity danced along the edges of the dark clouds; the entire world felt like the apocalypse had arrived.

Ye Chen quickly lowered his altitude, preventing his body’s strong magnetic field from attracting the lightning—being struck was no pleasant experience. For experts at the Ghost God Realm, lightning was one of nature’s most effective weapons.

Upon entering the ‘Ghoul Transformation,’ the magnetic field within the body undergoes a peculiar mutation, resulting in a strong attraction to thunder. Any Ghoul Transformation expert dared not wander about freely during thunderstorms.

Ye Chen’s gaze turned ruthless as he scanned the surroundings. Soon, he spotted a black dot in the east—it was the black-armored mecha.

The mecha, seeing the dark clouds above, looked terrified and plunged downward like a cannonball toward the mountain ranges below. “Superhuman Mode, 3 seconds remaining!” Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and strode forward, his figure rocketing out like a hurricane.

Boom, boom, boom… The mountain peaks he passed over were destroyed by the violent gale. The faster he moved, the greater the air resistance, and the more ferocious the resulting wind became—at the speed of a high-speed train, even standing near the tracks could drag one onto them by that sheer force.

Ye Chen, filled with killing intent, reached the black-armored mecha in the blink of an eye. Just as the mecha turned its head in terror, Ye Chen launched a punch.

The violent force shook apart a mountain peak not far behind the black-armored mecha, yet it failed to harm the mecha itself. At the critical moment, it had entered its ‘Ghoul Transformation’ state.

Ye Chen’s eyes grew cold. Rumble— In the sky, a streak of purple lightning suddenly cleaved down.

Its speed was so swift that neither of them could register it before it struck; only as it hit did Ye Chen hear the belated clap of thunder. Both figures were enveloped in the lightning bolt.

Splat! The black-armored mecha’s eyes widened in horror, its entire body tearing apart into four pieces, exploding outward.

A Ghost God Realm expert perished! Originally, given its physique, transforming into a physical body shouldn’t have resulted in death by lightning, but in the ‘Ghoul Transformation’ state, its defense against thunder was pitifully weak.

It was instantly obliterated, leaving no trace of blood. Ye Chen’s vision momentarily darkened, and he nearly fell.

A painful, numb sensation washed over his entire body, lasting less than a second before vanishing. Ye Chen rapidly regained consciousness and scrambled to descend to a lower altitude.

Just then, the skin across his body rippled, and the black horns on his forehead and the solitary purple horn atop his head retracted back into his body. The Superhuman State had ended.

An intense sensation of weakness flooded him; Ye Chen’s face was pale as paper, and his body plummeted in a straight line, smashing onto a solitary peak and carving out a massive crater, his bones feeling as if they had shattered. Ye Chen had underestimated the astonishing consumption of vital energy required to maintain two Superhuman Modes simultaneously.

Overwhelming fatigue flooded his mind, and his will, which was as hard as iron, offered no resistance before he sank into slumber. Simultaneously, in a distant, mysterious spacetime.

A boundless world was filled with surging flames, resembling a colossal furnace. Scorching fire erupted from the void, howling wildly throughout this realm.

Within the sea of fire, there was a patch of scorched black earth, incredibly vast, about 10 kilometers in diameter, devoid of rivers, trees, or mountains. At its center burned a flame, resembling a small mound, its tendrils gently reaching toward the sky.

Suddenly— This flame began to writhe violently, and an earth-shattering roar erupted from within it, carrying infinite murderous intent and rage: “To destroy this King’s avatar and damage this King’s soul, you are doomed!” Following the roar, two lantern-sized beams of light flared from within the fire, like two terrifying gazes fixed upon the heavens: “Origin Star, when this King achieves success, it shall be a day of bloody cleansing!” The endless sea of fire circling the scorched earth thrashed violently, whipping up towering plumes of flame. On the spatial continent within the ruins core on Earth.

On a mountain peak, Ye Chen, who had previously fallen unconscious, slowly woke up. Opening his eyes, he immediately saw a bolt of lightning cleave down from the sky, expanding in his pupils at an unimaginable speed…

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