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Chapter 382: Not Even Close
Chapter 382: Not Even Close (End of Chapter)
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
Tuba Gu Shen frantically fled, constantly suffering Lin Yuan's attacks along the way.
Even with a defensive treasure protecting his body, it was getting hard to withstand the onslaught.
While each of Lin Yuan's strikes had their power reduced by ninety-nine percent thanks to the defensive treasure, a slight residual impact still seeped through.
And this 'slight' force was relative to Lin Yuan's full-powered attacks.
To Tuba Gu Shen, that slight impact was still enough to make his viscera churn.
As the strikes accumulated, Tuba Gu Shen was surprisingly worn down to a severely injured state.
"This monster, just which perfect eleventh-tier life form is he in the universe?" Tuba Gu Shen felt extremely aggrieved.
Facing Lin Yuan, he had absolutely no means to fight back, and if not for the protection of his defensive treasure, he would have long since collapsed.
To have attained such power in just over a hundred years in this two-dimensional world, in Tuba Gu Shen's opinion, this could only be the work of those legendary life forms standing at the pinnacle of the eleventh-tier.
However, Tuba Gu Shen was somewhat perplexed. Having lived through countless ages, he had been born since the very beginning of the universe and had some knowledge of the more powerful eleventh-tier life forms within it.
But Lin Yuan?
Tuba Gu Shen could only speculate, because unless the powerful beings from the Myriad Races residing in this two-dimensional world chose to reveal their identities, outsiders would have a hard time discerning who they were.
The 'Four Gods King', ranked first, was an exception due to his distinct external features coupled with his terrifying strength, which made him instantly recognizable.
As for the other powerful beings? They all came from the various major races, and with their interactions, it was hard to keep their identities a secret.
There were indeed some reclusive Myriad Race powerhouses who kept to themselves, but it was rare for one to have cultivated to such a high level as Lin Yuan without ever revealing themselves.
Behind Tuba Gu Shen,
Lin Yuan pursued relentlessly.
"If not for this two-dimensional world suppressing their strength, I wonder how long it would have taken me to grow to this level and hunt down Tuba Gu Shen?"
Lin Yuan felt a slight sense of emotion. In this two-dimensional world, even eleventh-tier peak life forms had their power forcibly suppressed.
This was why Lin Yuan, in just over a hundred years, had the opportunity to surpass a special life form like Tuba Gu Shen, who was at the fifth level of the eleventh-tier.
After all, any life form capable of stepping into the eleventh-tier was undoubtedly a peerless genius, far beyond the powers that Lin Yuan had encountered in his previous forays into other dimensional worlds.
"It's time to end this."
Lin Yuan's gaze sharpened slightly.
Throughout this relentless pursuit, each strike Lin Yuan had landed on Tuba Gu Shen had slowly accumulated, with the residual power hiding deep within Tuba Gu Shen's body.
To directly attack and defeat Tuba Gu Shen through his defensive treasure would undoubtedly take a lot of time.
But to detonate that power from within would be much faster.
Ever since the first strike had landed on that defensive treasure, Lin Yuan had been preparing for this moment.
"Break!"
Lin Yuan unleashed another strike, his qi and blood roiling as he sent a blow towards Tuba Gu Shen that seemed like an overwhelming seal.
"Again?"
Tuba Gu Shen's heart trembled. The aftershocks of Lin Yuan's relentless attacks had already seeped through his defensive treasure, severely injuring him. Now, facing Lin Yuan's assault, he felt a primordial fear rising within him.
"However, it won't be easy to completely kill me."
Tuba Gu Shen steadied himself. He was only severely injured at the moment, still far from death. According to his calculations, if he could endure for another two days,
he would reach an outpost of the Starry Sky Alliance.
At that time, with the support of the powerful beings from the Starry Sky Alliance, things would undoubtedly become much easier.
However—
Boom!
This strike landed on Tuba Gu Shen's body, impacting the defensive treasure.
The next moment,
Tuba Gu Shen's expression changed drastically.
Lin Yuan's strike was similar to the previous ones,
but with this strike as a trigger, the residual power hidden within Tuba Gu Shen's body erupted all at once.
In an instant, Tuba Gu Shen felt like his insides were being turned inside out.
"It's over."
Despair filled Tuba Gu Shen's heart.
Immediately after,
as the residual power within him converged, his physical body suddenly exploded, spraying blood everywhere.
Whoosh.
Lin Yuan stopped and reached out with his right hand.
A plain-looking inner armor appeared in his grasp.
"So this is the defensive treasure?"
Lin Yuan's eyes gleamed with heat. Compared to Tuba Gu Shen, Pei Shen, a powerhouse of the same level, had only lasted a few breaths under Lin Yuan's assault, and that was with the aid of an offensive treasure.
But Tuba Gu Shen,
through sheer endurance and the protection of his defensive treasure, had managed to hold out for most of a day against Lin Yuan's relentless pursuit.
What had allowed him to do so?
It was undoubtedly this defensive treasure.
Unlike offensive treasures, defensive treasures were far more valuable.
This was especially true in the two-dimensional world.
Pei Shen's offensive treasure, despite its terrifying might, was useless if he couldn't land a hit.
But defensive treasures?
They were almost guaranteed to be able to withstand the majority of Lin Yuan's attacks.
"Hmm?"
Lin Yuan put away the inner armor and his expression stirred.
Among the remnants of Tuba Gu Shen's exploded body, almost everything had been reduced to dust by Lin Yuan's thousands of strikes,
except for the inner armor
and a silver-white mirror.
"Is this mirror also a treasure?"
Lin Yuan picked up the mirror.
To discern whether an item was a treasure or not,
there was a simple method.
Attack it.
In this two-dimensional world, items that could withstand the full force of a Myriad Race powerhouse's strike were undoubtedly few and far between, and treasures were among those rare items.
"It's a wonder."
Lin Yuan's heart rejoiced, and he also put away the silver mirror.
"It's time to leave."
Lin Yuan scanned his surroundings. After chasing Tuba Gu Shen for most of the day, he could vaguely sense other powerful beings of the Myriad Races cautiously spying on him from hundreds of miles away.
Whoosh!
Lin Yuan's figure disappeared from the spot.
Main Universe.
Deep within the starry void.
Inside a secret realm.
Tuba Gu Shen's face paled, and his nearly perfect aura took a sharp dip.
With the demise of his clone in the two-dimensional world, Tuba Gu Shen's true self was affected, permanently losing the mental will of that clone.
"Why... Why am I so unlucky?" Tuba Gu Shen felt indignant.
Their group of six special lives, combined, could almost sweep through the two-dimensional world except for those Ninth Tier powerhouses of the Myriad Races.
And how many Ninth Tier powerhouses of the Myriad Races were there in this entire two-dimensional world? Yet, he had to encounter one.
"My defensive wonder..." Tuba Gu Shen's heart bled.
According to his plan, even if his clone couldn't escape the two-dimensional world, he could still entrust someone leaving the two-dimensional world to bring out the defensive wonder.
Although he would surely be ripped off in the process, as long as he got one percent of the value of the defensive wonder, it would still be of great help to him.
At the very least, it would compensate for some of the root losses to his mental will caused by the clone's demise.
But now...
The clone was gone.
And the defensive wonder was gone too.
Tuba Gu Shen's efforts had come to naught.
However, from start to finish, Tuba Gu Shen never thought of taking revenge on the Myriad Races powerhouse who killed him.
What a joke? Revenge?
In the two-dimensional world, without relying on wonders.
That mysterious Myriad Races powerhouse could easily crush him.
Tuba Gu Shen instinctively believed that in the universe starry sky, the true self of that mysterious Myriad Races powerhouse must also be an invincible Eleventh Tier powerhouse.
To take revenge on such a powerhouse, he, Tuba Gu Shen, would have to become an ultimate being.
Otherwise, he wouldn't stand a chance.
At the same time.
As time passed.
The news of the four special lives who died at Lin Yuan's hands, as well as Pei Shen and Tuba Gu Shen's deaths, spread among the Myriad Races powerhouses through the combat video that was recreated based on their memories.
On a quiet lake.
A man with four arms sat on the surface of the water.
"Four Gods King." Several figures stood respectfully on the shore not far away.
Whether it was in the two-dimensional world or outside of it, the Four Gods King instilled despair in countless Eleventh Tier lives.
The Four Gods King was too strong.
A hundred years ago, the Celestial Feather Clan pooled the power of all their clan's powerhouses in the two-dimensional world to try and kill the Four Gods King in advance.
But they failed.
Not only did they fail, but the entire Celestial Feather Clan almost got breached.
This led to the current state of the Celestial Feather Clan in the two-dimensional world, where their powerhouses were struggling to recover.
A pinnacle clan was prematurely disqualified from leaving through the Heaven's Gate when it opened in two to three hundred years.
"That mysterious powerhouse killed Tuba Gu Shen, Pei Shen, and other special lives. Those special lives have now pledged themselves to my Starry Sky Alliance."
A tall man standing on the shore cautiously spoke up.
"What? Do you want me to fight that mysterious powerhouse?" The Four Gods King opened his eyes, his tone icy.
"Let's leave this matter be."
The Four Gods King glanced at the figures on the shore, "I've also seen that mysterious powerhouse's combat video, and his strength is not much weaker than mine."
"Now that he has obtained defensive and offensive wonders, even if I go all out, I might not be able to kill him."
The Four Gods King paused after speaking, then continued, "It will take two hundred years for the Heaven's Gate to open. In these two hundred years, I will seize every moment to cultivate and break through, so don't disturb me with other matters."
"Yes."
The figures on the shore were startled.
Even the Four Gods King didn't have the confidence to kill that mysterious powerhouse?
"Also."
"If you encounter that mysterious powerhouse, remember to stay far away from him." After giving this reminder, the Four Gods King closed his eyes again.
Inside a volcano.
Beside boiling magma, a thin and small old man sat.
"Hmm?"
"I wonder which old friend this powerful being is." The thin and small old man watched Lin Yuan's combat video, a thoughtful look on his face.
The battles in the two-dimensional world were vastly different from those in the Main Universe, so it was extremely difficult to identify the true identity of a powerful being based on their combat style alone.
However, Lin Yuan's displayed strength earned the thin and small old man's acknowledgment, and he recognized Lin Yuan as a legendary Eleventh Tier life form, just like himself.
"Oh well."
"It's been so long, I should also go out and show my face, and perhaps obtain a few wonders to play with?"
The thin and small old man made up his mind and stood up, leaving the volcano.
Deep underground.
After Lin Yuan killed Tuba Gu Shen and the other special lives.
He didn't immediately return to the Luochuan gathering place.
Instead, he hid here to take stock of his gains.
"This mirror?"
Lin Yuan flipped his right hand, and the silver mirror appeared.
The mirror was entirely silver, with a subtle mystical aura flowing over its surface.
"This?"
Lin Yuan examined it carefully, his expression changing slightly.
(End of Chapter)
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