Black and white collided, forming a colossal semicircle in the Duel Arena.
There was no sharp wave like a knife, nor a thunderous roaring sound, it was quiet as if nothing had happened; yet, Li Changzhou and Light Clan·Starlight both wore solemn expressions.
For them, the competition they faced was like a silent wrestling match.
On the surface, all was calm, but powerful forces had already been injected below, and any retreat or slight deviation in the exertion of force by either side could lead to a cataclysmic reaction.
As the forces exerted by the two of them grew stronger, the diameter of the black and white semicircle increased as well, engulfing Li Changzhou and Light Clan·Starlight and filling the entire Duel Arena!
At the top of the white dome, light gathered from various angles, sketching out the upper half of Starlight's silhouette.
The silhouette raised its hand, and suddenly a corner of the spectator seats darkened, the light converging in his hand to form a hundred-meter-long Light Spear.
With the Light Spear in hand, the silhouette thrust it silently towards the black mist.
Equally silent, a black hand rose from the mist, fingers spread wide, then suddenly clenched gripping the Light Spear.
Immediately following, a shadowy humanoid form connected to the black hand rose up, but like the other, only its top half.
At first glance, the light and shadow looked like humanoid spiders!
The humanoid shadow's right hand held the Light Spear, while its left hand turned into a massive snake.
The snake's mouth opened, shooting towards the light silhouette's throat.
The light silhouette raised its hand to block, but was a beat too slow. By the time the snake's mouth had seized the throat, it had already grabbed the body of the black mist python.
Li Qianxia's vision suddenly darkened, and she saw the light around her transform into a sharp sword, fiercely cleaving the python in two.
The black mist python split into two yet the head section, still biting the light silhouette's throat, suddenly transformed into a thin, long snake, tightly coiling around the silhouette's neck.
The scene was soundlessly unfolding, with the audience watching as if viewing a silent black and white movie, a play without voiceovers.
"...It should be impressive, but what's the point?"
"It's not like the super battle I imagined."
"Idiot, if you went up, you'd evaporate in an instant!"
"Wouldn't you evaporate if you went up? Vaporizing or not, what does that have to do with it looking good?"
The audience only cared about the spectacle, but the two on stage didn't care at all about how it looked, staying alert and giving their all.
In the presence of light, even light from the Light Clan when condensed, the black mist could only touch, unable to consume.
Light Clan·Starlight felt a familiar sensation, a sense of powerlessness as if being dominated.
Almost every member of the Light Clan would at least once in their lives, driven by instinct, increase their speed, trying to reach light speed.
Those who couldn't resist the allure of light speed, or believed that light speed wasn't death, would directly enter light speed.
The fight with Li Changzhou reminded Starlight of his own attempt. Unlike his lover who thought speed was freedom, the faster he went, the more he felt suffocated. Speed was a net capturing him!
As he was about to enter light speed, he stopped, whereas his lover vanished in that attempt, entering light speed, never to return.
Every clash with the black mist felt like being captured by light speed, his intangible body forcefully restrained by the opponent.
The feeling of suffocation grew stronger, a sense of impending death from nearing light speed creeping back.
Suddenly, Light Spheres burst like water balloons shattering, light scattering everywhere.
The black sphere and shadow immediately pressed forward.
In terms of strength, the light shadow was no match for the black mist, but in terms of speed—
The black mist lunged at its fastest, yet missed entirely; the mist churned, twisting into a large python rearing its head as Light Clan·Starlight already stood in the sky.
"You are strong," said the light silhouette.
Then, he added, "I'm going to start accelerating."
Light gathered endlessly from all angles, exceptionally bright sunshine pouring down, making him extraordinarily dazzling.
Starting from the feet of the light silhouette, his body began to disintegrate into light particles, each photon starting to move.
"You only have two choices," the light silhouette's legs disappeared, the speed of the light particles pulling streaks of afterimages, "One, admit defeat before I enter light speed; two, defeat me entering light speed."
"There's a third," the black mist condensed into Li Changzhou, his hands forming a Concentrating God Seal, "kill you before you enter light speed."
"You want to kill light?" the face of the light silhouette slowly disappeared, with a sense of mocking laughter mingled amidst his surprise.
"Not outside, but here in the arena, the Mechanical Clan taught me this move—"
Divine Chant rose, seemingly many voices speaking, recounting the ultimate truths of the universe.
"—I call this the 'No Blind Spot Killing Technique.'
Boom!
The sky was torn apart, and the divine colossal tree descended, obscuring the sun.
Li Changzhou roared softly in anger, recklessly channeling mana.
The sacred tree revived, beginning to draw the power of three thousand fruits, representing the flowers of destruction, blooming slowly again after 893 years.
Bang!
Hundreds of accelerated photons collided with Li Changzhou simultaneously. Although they caused no injury, he sensed trouble.
Five organ Divine Lights surged out, forming a large wheel behind him. The wheel clicked once, and a three-thousand-meter Divine Body rose.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The larger the form, the more photons it collided with. Soon, the photons accelerating to terrifying speeds, even through a Mi'er Metal-made coat, hit the Divine Body, punching holes through it.
Flesh buds wriggled, the dense holes quickly healed.
Li Changzhou raised his head and howled, his roar like thunder, mana surging like a black Gale, whirling furiously, funneling into the sacred tree.
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