Chapter 281 – The Might of Tianyuan

What is that!

When Uta completely shattered the shackles of his physical body, what erupted was a vast and violent aura.

Even on this battlefield where hundred-meter sword beams flew everywhere, flames engulfed the earth, and ice pillars rose to form mountains, Uta’s aura stood out uniquely, like a striking crimson water column exploding from a turbid sea.

While ordinary elites devoted themselves entirely to energy resonance, too preoccupied to notice anything else, a few experts like the Amber City Lord were abruptly startled.

They instinctively looked up and saw faint red Qi waves, remnants above the Undead Legion, spreading outward in circular patterns before gradually dissipating.

Wave after wave of Qi rippled from above the Undead Legion into the distance.

Paler up close, deeper farther away.

It resembled a pierced-through passage.

Boom… Crash!!!

Beside the massive lotus pedestal under the Snakemen conglomerate, the ground shattered with a crash. Delicate spiderweb-like cracks spread symmetrically for twenty meters, vaguely revealing a figure enveloped in blazing red Qi flames at the center of the web-like fractures.

No, an afterimage.

By the time the Amber City Lord’s gaze followed, all he could see was this afterimage.

And only then did the fractured earth collapse with a thunderous roar, forming a circular pit, above which rose wave after wave of straight-upward Qi flames.

High in the sky where energy tides surged, where flames gathered like clouds and ice crystals fell like rain, were the numerous arms of the serpent deity conglomerate.

These arms were as soft as silk yet as massive as towering buildings, resembling giant pythons a hundred meters long.

Immense and powerful.

Powerful and agile.

Under the Military Soul resonance, the entire legion moved as one unified entity. Their agility was nearly comparable to individual experts, and their energy accumulation speed was incredibly fast—in the blink of an eye, they could unleash blade beams spanning one to two hundred meters.

Yet the serpent deity’s hands were faster, always striking later but arriving first, shattering large-scale skills one after another. The impacts sent tremors through the Military Soul Legion. Only with Fourth-Order Experts holding the front lines and dispersing the shocks through Military Soul power could they temporarily withstand the assault.

Some experts unable to resonate with the Military Soul attempted flanking attacks, but with a mere gentle sweep of the serpent deity’s hand, they were sent flying, severely wounded.

No one could approach the serpent deity conglomerate—until now.

Boom—

Uta shot upward, piercing straight through one of the serpent deity’s hands. Fragmented serpent flesh sprayed from the hole, vaguely revealing the glaring heads of snake-women, their chilling, terrifying gazes visible.

However, Uta had always ignored such things; he was, after all, an inheritor of the Intentional Blast Fist Style. Sprinting along this serpent deity’s arm, his focus fixed on the enchanting yet eerie serpent deity conglomerate at the path’s end, specifically the red diamond-shaped crystal on its forehead.

This was his target.

But the serpent deity conglomerate reacted even faster.

The entire serpent deity’s arm Uta was running on instantly disintegrated, countless serpents swirling through the air. With his footing gone, Uta’s momentum abruptly stalled.

Simultaneously, another serpent deity’s hand swept across the sky with unparalleled force, crashing down.

Like a meteorite impact!Uta’s energy at this moment seemed almost limitless, yet he wouldn’t clash head-on with a colossal entity like the Serpent God Polymer. Stepping on one of the serpentine limbs, he channeled energy into his soles that erupted like rocket propulsion. The serpent shattered, and the trampled air compressed into a viscous, solid surface beneath his feet.

Uta left behind an afterimage.

The Serpent God’s Hand obliterated the phantom and everything in its path.

Uta reappeared atop another Serpent God’s Hand, but this time, he abandoned targeting the core, settling for a secondary objective…

Crush-crush-crush-crush—

Like bursting bubble wrap, the Serpent God’s Hand exploded in a cacophony of splintering cracks, the intertwined serpents dissolving into bloody mist. Even as the polymer regenerated at an astonishing rate, it couldn’t keep pace with Uta’s relentless assault.

He continued his barrage, occasionally shattering the air to dart to another location.

Weaving through the encirclement of Serpent God’s Hands, he danced as if on the edge of blades.

Shatter! Shatter! Shatter! Reduce it all to rubble!

“It’s the One-Punch Martial Maniac!”

From afar, the Azurewave City Lord, leading a contingent of troops, widened their eyes.

Their vision couldn’t track Uta’s speed, but the ferocious afterimages he left were unforgettable once seen.

“He’s grown stronger—how is that possible?”

Could a top-tier expert on the Dragon Gate List still make such a monumental leap? Was this One-Punch Martial Maniac Uta now merely half a step away from the legendary threshold?

The Serpent God Polymer was too vast, its energy level surpassing even that of a fully manifested Herald.

After all, it was an amalgamation of countless entities.

Thus, Uta could only inflict damage, not annihilate it with a single punch.

He was, after all, a general who had only recently advanced to the Fourth Order and Epic rank—he still had his limits.

Nevertheless, Uta single-handedly shattered several Serpent God’s Hands and engaged others, significantly alleviating the pressure on the entire expeditionary force.

“Now is the time! Everyone, unleash your trump cards—this is our only chance. This General won’t last much longer,”

shouted the Amber Lord.

Uta’s energy was too wild, like a pond with a breached dam. Anyone could see this was a life-risking gambit.

No, it was life-burning!

Could this General have forcibly entered the ‘Ultimate Ascension State’ through some means? Only that could explain his transcendent, irrational power.

If he was burning his life, how could they hold back?

One Lord channeled their power into the leading General, overloading to unleash a more devastating strike.

A Hero under another Lord’s banner continuously burned Soul Crystals, activating a strategic skill they had been preparing since the battle began. The sky’s edge ignited, and a meteor wreathed in roaring flames descended from the heavens.

Strategic Skill: Meteorfall!

A straightforward yet terrifyingly potent ultimate move, the falling meteor compressed the air like a collapsing sky, making it hard to breathe.

Its target was the massive Serpent God Polymer.

It let out a piercing shriek, its Serpent God’s Hands slapping upward.

One strike, two strikes, three strikes.

Boom—

The meteor shattered, fragmenting into numerous large rocky chunks that rained down like a meteor shower.

The Hero who executed this move gasped for breath, as did their Lord.The Lord revealed a faint smile. “Although Meteorfall was neutralized, you didn’t escape unscathed either!”

Three of the Serpent God Polymer’s long arms had shattered, rapidly healing through the reproduction of countless serpents. Yet the various legions seized the opportunity to press their advantage, finally leaving numerous wounds on this terrifying colossal being.

“Excellent!”

“But it still doesn’t seem enough.”

A hundred-meter-long sword gleam could only carve a ten-to-twenty-meter gash on the Serpent God Polymer’s body. Such wounds would completely heal within three seconds.

Their damage output was insufficient!

They were still far from capable of killing this dreadful entity, far from adequate!

“So it’s time for General Dolai to make a move~!”

In the distant sky above.

Utter darkness concealed everything, shrouding light and aura, until the moment when the darkness could no longer contain what it hid, torn apart by orange-red flames and blue-purple lightning.

Dolai and Sophia stood poised there.

Sophia was enveloped in faint dark glows as the Night Sky Curtain and Night Concealment skills gradually dissipated. Two wings woven from countless black feathers extended behind her. Seeing her mission accomplished, Sophia fluttered her wings and swiftly retreated backward.

She was merely a fragile woman who couldn’t withstand the Serpent God Polymer’s wrath.

Meanwhile, General Dolai sat cross-legged on a soft, jelly-like Slime body, its pale legs elegantly crossed. Its sky-blue hair flowed upward against gravity, surrounded by converging flames and lightning.

Flames transformed into fiery butterflies dancing around Dolai.

Lightning morphed into thunder serpents coiling around Dolai’s form.

Wind answered the call; water answered the call; ice answered the call;

Layer upon layer of differently colored halos spread out like ripples.

This was Dolai’s first time pushing the strategic skill ‘Limitless Devour’ to its absolute limit after ascending to an epic life form.

It now resembled a human-shaped nuclear bomb, the vast energy within its body far exceeding what it had achieved by exploiting bugs during the Hero trial.

Had General Dolai not attained Perfection in its Concepts and even mastered a Domain, it would have been impossible for a mortal form to control such extreme energy.

Yet even though Dolai could maintain control, the roaring tidal waves of energy still painted its surroundings in dazzling colors.

In its pupils, uncontrollable rings of red and blue light shimmered, rendering its gaze detached—as indifferent as a deity overlooking the mortal realm.

Perhaps it wasn’t far from one.

The Serpent God Polymer immediately turned its attention toward Dolai, its perception keen.

But General Dolai had long been preparing.

It raised a hand, and at the tip of the Shapeshifting Badge-transformed staff, a glass sphere woven from fire and lightning expanded a hundredfold in the blink of an eye.

Transparent, brilliant, magnificent, yet containing ultimate destructive power, the colossal sphere descended through the air like the previous meteor.

Uta also dodged away.

Though he entertained the thought of testing it, he didn’t dare to actually try.

The Serpent God Polymer met the attack with its arms.

BOOM—

A more blinding, dazzling, and terrifying energy surge than the previous Meteorfall swept outward in all directions. Had it not been for the Military Soul Legions holding the front lines, the mere aftermath would have been enough to overwhelm and obliterate many elite soldiers.

Within the endless light and heat, numerous Serpent God arms vanished, disintegrating into the smallest particles.

“Did we succeed?”

Someone murmured.

Others remained pessimistic.

After all, the Thunderflame Sun had been intercepted mid-course, never truly striking the Serpent God Polymer’s main body.Amid the raging energy tides, one could faintly glimpse the colossal, invincible silhouette standing tall upon the scarred earth.

Then,

“Take another strike from me!”

Dolai raised its staff high. This time, without secretly charging power beforehand, it took a full two to three seconds for the thunderflame glass orb to expand to its maximum size.

But at this moment, the Serpent God Polymer had yet to break free from the energy vortex. With ample time, General Dolai unleashed its second super-limited ultimate move.

BOOM——!!

The energy tide surged outward once more, tearing through the sky and earth.

The Serpent God Polymer’s numerous arms were annihilated and vaporized, its entire body beginning to char.

Yet it continued to heal rapidly. If left unattacked, it could likely restore itself to its original state in just over ten seconds.

Thus,

General Dolai launched its third super-limited ultimate move.

Infinite light! Infinite heat! Infinite fire! Infinite thunder! Once again, they bloomed with dazzling divine radiance across this ravaged land.

Distant mountains rumbled as earth and stones cascaded down.

Nearby buildings crumbled inch by inch, stirring clouds of dust into the sky.

Having lost its arms and with no strength left for mid-air interception, the Serpent God Polymer finally took General Dolai’s ultimate move head-on. Its entire body began to shatter! Crumble! Vanish!

Crack—

The diamond-shaped crystal on the Serpent God Polymer’s forehead shattered. The massive body, which had still been regenerating and healing endlessly amid the thunder and flames, finally lost its vitality and was annihilated in the final bursts of lightning and fire.

Over ten seconds later, the bloody glow in the sky faded.

Dozens of seconds later, the violent thunderflame light began to recede.

Hundreds of seconds later, the gales, heat waves, and energy tides gradually weakened, leaving only flames still burning across the land, crackling and sputtering, their scorched scent carried by the wind.

“Is it over?”

“Ah, it’s already over.”

Whether it was the Lords or those self-aware commanders, they were all panting, some even collapsing to sit on the ground.

This was the most perilous, most insane, and most commendable battle they had ever experienced.

Who could have imagined they would fight against such a terrifying entity and even defeat it?

We truly are remarkable.

Our expedition corps is really something.

One Lord couldn’t help but repeatedly glance toward a certain formation on the right flank, focusing on two figures among them.

One was drenched in blood, his bulging muscles torn open, his formerly fierce aura now withered.

It was that One-Punch Martial Maniac.

This was indeed a life-burning killing technique. Who knows if there would be any lasting side effects. This One-Punch Martial Maniac was a seed of the Legendary Realm, seemingly at the half-step to the Legendary Realm. If this affected his breakthrough to Legendary, it would be a great pity.

The other was a blue-haired girl sitting atop a Slime, appearing harmless and innocent.

Had they not witnessed it themselves, no one could have imagined this petite girl unleashing three strategic skills consecutively. This wasn’t just about exceeding limits—it was a question of whether it was even possible.

A normal person, no, even a normal Fourth-Tier Peak Completion super-limited expert, could never achieve such a feat!

This was beyond human capability.

The former, One-Punch Martial Maniac, represented the very peak of human potential.The latter likely utilized a special strategic ability or a Lord’s talent, connecting the power of numerous individuals. The fact that this blue-haired girl didn’t appear to be burning her life force further supports this—after all, who would unleash power far beyond normal limits in an ordinary battle?

Of course, this wasn’t an ordinary battle either. Achieving such a feat must involve many secrets or unique talents.

Everyone has their secrets.

There was once a Lord who could draw power from thousands of his own troops and unleash a strike far surpassing mortal realms.

The blue-haired girl might be similar.

In any case, there’s no doubt that the army led by Lord Mu contributed the most in this great battle.

Lord Mu’s contribution far surpassed that of the second place.

Everyone acknowledged and admired this.

Whoever dared to disagree would be the first to face their rebuttal.

Mu Yuan also let out a long sigh of relief.

To be honest, if it weren’t for the alliance of so many Lords joining forces, he alone would never have been able to defeat the Serpent God Polymer so easily.

No, whether he could even defeat it was uncertain.

Despite Dolai’s fierce attacks, it couldn’t withstand a casual strike from the Serpent God Polymer—at best, it could only ensure its own survival.

Without the combined efforts of all the Lords and their armies, Uta alone couldn’t have drawn all the attention, and Dolai wouldn’t have had a safe environment to cast spells.

In that case, the outcome of the battle would have been unknown and extremely perilous.

He had no desire to see such a dangerous fight.

“The Serpentfolk Tribe has been eradicated. In that case, let us proceed to the eagerly awaited distribution of spoils. The allocation rules will naturally follow the contribution-based method agreed upon before our departure,” said the Amber Lord.

He then laid out one by one the spoils that had been temporarily stored with him, collected earlier.

These spoils had been supervised and recorded by various Lords and advanced players before storage, ensuring no omissions.

They ranged from ordinary Materials to precious Interdimensional Treasures and drops from the Serpent God Polymer.

The array was dazzling and radiant, like a treasure appreciation fair.

Commanders from various armies gathered here from all directions.

(End of Chapter)