Above Destiny

Chapter 559 You're pretty good.
Just as Lou Feng knew, Ji Jue, that bastard, was an absolute pragmatist. He would use any means necessary without hesitation, and he would lie without batting an eye, never even bothering to prepare a draft.

If you can hear even half a word of truth from him when it comes to matters of interest, you can be considered that he is being honest with people.

Whether they've ever thought about it or not, and whether they've ever considered each other as true rivals, none of that prevents the fact that the craftsman's mouth and hands are actually two separate teams, never working together... When they're shouting about friendship, bonds, and brotherhood, isn't it more appropriate to stab them in the back?

Inside the armor, Ji Jue manipulated the loudspeaker to repeat his words. In the blink of an eye, he had already leaped behind Lou Feng using Chun Jun's teleportation ability.

Without hesitation, he drew his sword, thrust it out, and pierced through!
Flowing clouds and flowing water.

In the instantaneous change, the spiritual sword pierced through Lou Feng's chest, and a trace of crimson appeared on the blade, but it was not Lou Feng's blood, but rather...

"Jing Zhen?"

Outside the arena, Master Kong's pupils instantly contracted. In just a fleeting glimpse, he discerned the true nature of Ji Jue's skill.

Back when Ye Xian used the Disintegration Technique to slaughter her peers, she incurred countless enemies and accumulated countless blood feuds. When the avengers meticulously set up ambushes and ambushed her, all their preparations were shattered by this one move, and they ended up handing themselves over to Ye Xian to expand her material library... giving her a very satisfying catch.

With several drastically different qualitative changes superimposed, his own spiritual essence transformed into a sword, which, with a single strike, was utterly devastating, shattering everything in its path in a single exchange!

Just like now.

In less than the blink of an eye, Pan Ying and Chun Jun clashed and erupted, sweeping everything away from within!
Master Kong remained unmoved.

Ye Xian raised her eyes slightly, seemingly surprised—given Kong Qingyan's petty nature, she would hold a grudge for ten years over a minor loss, let alone watch her students suffer a major setback… In other words, she thought Lou Feng could handle it?

"To respond" means "to not respond."

Lou Feng remained motionless, allowing Jing Zhen's outburst to engulf his entire body. However, the power was so insignificant that there was only a muffled thud. Immediately afterward, bloody wounds burst open all over his body, and the congealed blood pierced out like sharp blades!

Panying suffered a heavy blow!

But what about Chun Jun? Chun Jun's destruction...

It's been resolved!

Using spirit against spirit is like using the trough of sound to offset the peak. In an instant, one's own spiritual quality undergoes a corresponding qualitative change. The moment they touch, it's like acid-base neutralization, eliminating most of the shock of the attack, leaving only physical damage!

"You're using a spirit sword to kill me?"

Lou Feng, with his back to Ji Jue, grinned, his blood-stained face bursting into laughter, so ferocious—"The Heavenly Craftsmanship is indeed terrifying, but how dare you attack with a spiritual sword? Where does that leave the Lou Clan's heritage?!"

The moment Jing Zhen erupted, Lou Feng, without turning his head, gripped Ji Jue's wrist tightly, his smile so bright: "I was wondering when you'd come to me."

Snapped!
A shattering sound rang out, and the blockade was lifted.

To be precise, it was Chun Jun's impact that tore apart the disguise covering the soul, and then one after another, spirits like insect limbs broke out of Lou Feng's body, their sharp tentacles radiating a blessed light, revealing to everyone the appearance and structure of a soul that was definitely not human.

"Parasitic spirit?"

Tong Ting raised an eyebrow slightly, looked at Lou Guan, and then shook her head, denying her guess.

No, those spirits and Lou Feng's soul are completely integrated, as if they were born that way. Did they forcibly implant the external spiritual structure into their souls and then fuse it with the Lou family's heritage, thus triggering an artificial soul mutation?

He's a true craftsman, really crazy!
"A spirit body."

Ye Xian glanced at Lou Feng and commented calmly, "You've come up with some good stuff."

"If a student achieves something through their own research, does that necessarily have anything to do with the teacher?" Kong Qingyan remained indifferent, showing no smugness, her gaze fixed on her student, just like Ye Xian's.

Silent observation.

In a mere instant, the thirteen distinct spiritual limbs skillfully wielded their spiritual shaping abilities, launching a fierce attack on Ji Jue, who was right in front of them.

Violent piercing, slashing, even mutually destructive explosions, and relentless erosion...

There is no room to hide at all.

The hand gripping Ji Jue's wrist was also continuously unleashing spiritual energy surges. In the close entanglement, Matrix Benevolent used thousands of spiritual energy attacks in an instant to forcibly wear down Non-Aggression's response.

At the same time, runes and intricate structures appeared on his five fingers and under his fingernails, temporarily transforming his palms into shackles, tightly holding Ji Jue and not allowing him to dodge any further.

Ji Jue refused to back down an inch.

With one hand dealing with Lou Feng's spiritual energy attack, the spiritual sword in the other hand flashed and changed, slashing, blocking, and deflecting with mechanical precision, without any errors. With the blessing of a masterful hand, it blocked all the fierce attacks.

Immediately afterward, the moment the spirit sword dissipated, a raised finger was already positioned in front of the incoming spirit limb. In that instant of contact, the spirit vanished and shattered!

The internal circuits and structure were completely shattered.

Dissociation technique!
In the blink of an eye, the structure of the thirteen spiritual limbs had been deciphered and separated one by one. But just as the separation was proceeding smoothly, Ji Jue's movements suddenly stopped and he abruptly withdrew his hand.

It felt like being electrocuted.

The moment the sixth limb vanished, a chilling glimmer of light emerged from it, silently piercing towards Ji Jue!

So familiar...

How could I not be familiar with it!

Back when he was a double agent in Jianyuan's workshop, he used this thing to kill people... That was Master Kong's trump card technique for dealing with his peers - the Flowing Light Dagger!
Under the blessing chain of 【Harmony with Dust and Light】, all boundaries are blurred, causing consciousness and body to completely dissolve and the soul to disintegrate, specifically targeting the embers!

But now, what he sees is a pure spiritual structure. Master Kong's skills have been transformed and altered in Lou Feng's hands, hidden within his soul.

How could such a dangerous structure be preserved so well? If it were to accidentally go out of control, the first one to suffer would be Lou Feng himself!
In other words, in order to defeat himself, he was even willing to swallow a sword and carry a bomb in his stomach to fight him until now?

You're really something, Lao Lou!

With nowhere to hide, Ji Jue shook his head and sighed helplessly.

A dagger of light pierces through!

The stab missed.

A crack appeared on the blade, followed by a second and a third, silently disintegrating. After losing the environment that preserved the spiritual essence, the disposable item silently self-destructed.

At that moment, Lou Feng also froze on the spot.

Ji Jue had already broken away, shooting off like lightning, and once again widened the distance between them.

But what is it that I am holding in my own hands?
He lowered his head expressionlessly, and then saw the severed arm in his hand.

Broken at the elbow.

The moment he sensed the danger, Ji Jue severed his own arm without hesitation, creating distance between them. He shook his head and sighed, "You're really going all out to win, Lao Lou."

"Each each other."

Lou Feng glanced at the severed arm in his hand, sneered, and threw it aside. Once the suppression was gone, the arm instantly exploded and mutated, with endless flesh and blood and strange spikes spreading out, and then it exploded!

Lou Feng raised his head. "It seems that the Non-Aggressive Hand is nothing special after all."

"Hehe." Ji Jue laughed. "Just now, when you were holding my hand tenderly, you wouldn't let go. But once it's over, you immediately became assertive... Back in the Rift Realm, when you were grabbing me and saying you wanted it, you weren't like this at all."

Lou Feng said indifferently, "Does trash talk even work?"

"No, I just suddenly felt a bit emotional. I underestimated you." Ji Jue thought for a moment and said seriously, "You might be even more threatening than I thought."

"Afraid?"

"No, even if it's more threatening..."

Ji Jue shrugged and answered frankly, "That's still a limited threat."

Lou remained expressionless and unmoved. Only the box at his feet suddenly burst open, followed by the sound of shattering marbles rolling wildly on the ground.

The lockdown has been lifted.

A vast number of colossal spirit statues rose from the ground, magnificent and ferocious, roaring and howling!

There's no need to express my determination with anger anymore. I'll stake all my savings and accumulated experience since becoming a craftsman, even if it means giving up everything, even if the empty fame of victory or defeat is meaningless.

I want to win!
I fucking have to win!
We'll win, no matter the means!
"..."

Ji Jue sighed with regret.

The struggles between craftsmen have never been without limits. It's not just about stockpiling; it's normal for them to pull out some weird thing on-site during a building sealing ceremony.

Compared to Lou Feng, Ji Jue, who only brought a calf and a horse, was completely underestimating his opponent, and could even be described as looking down on him with contempt.

Although due to various reasons, there are too many shady things involved, making it impossible for me to give my all in this place, at least... I have to show some attitude.

"In that case, I'll let you lose a match fair and square, Old Lou."

The moment Ji Jue made his decision, he raised his mutilated arm, shook it, and crimson blood flowed through it. The color of flesh and blood faded, and the color of steel extended out from the gap.

In the blink of an eye, a mechanical arm grew out of the wound, more agile than the original.

Then, it was pressed onto the Longshan armor!

To Lou Feng's astonishment, the ferocious armor suddenly disintegrated, and then countless mechanical components flowed out towards Ji Jue like water, and then merged into the body that had been completely transformed into a machine.

It was as if it had been swallowed up.

That's a unique application developed based on its own reborn form—assimilation!
Thick armor covered the mechanized body, layer upon layer like scales, with engines embedded in the hollows of the chest cavity, and a pair of heavy steel wings unfolding from the back. Four arms stretched out, tightly gripping a scarlet spiritual sword, the legs were like reverse joints, the feet transformed into sharp three-fingered mechanical claws, with long scarlet tails, the blades moving like chainsaws.

From the nozzles on the iron wings, which resembled vector engines, intense light shot out.

Preheating complete!

Thus, step by step, he walked toward the towering spiritual behemoth. Although he was alone, his ferocious appearance made all his opponents seem like dust.

"From now on, give it your all, Lou Feng."

From four eyes, a crimson light shot out, and a friend's final reminder came on the wind:
"Try not to...lose too quickly!"

boom! ! !
In that instant, a hurricane suddenly arose, swept across, and spread.

Mach rings suddenly expand!
The pale earth trembled, while the crimson comet hurtled toward them!

On the crimson blade, which flickered like a blazing light, the emblem of the second of the Six Evils lit up. Pan Ying was released, and the crimson light of the giant sword swept across instantly, ruthlessly cleaving the towering colossus in half. A flash of blue light appeared in the colossus's eyes, and it exploded with a bang.

Tank damaged!

But then, a crimson streak broke through the spiritual flames, its wings shifted slightly, and after rising into the sky, it crashed to the earth like a falling meteor, the violent shock spreading out and easily shattering the jellyfish that extended from the void.

Beneath their feet, the towering, sharp, pagoda-like colossus crumbled and fell apart!
The bishop was damaged, but the spreading shackles bought the knights crucial time. Sixteen knights, as large as giants, instantly surrounded them, their spears piercing through. But the metal and the spiritual spears collided, sparks flying, followed by a powerful slash.

The intersecting spears snapped instantly, like terracotta tiles, along with the two soldiers!
Ji Jue, transformed from Longshan, remained indifferent and unmoved. He grabbed the head of another knight, lifted it up, crushed it to powder, and then roared.

With a roar, Chun Jun's blade burst forth from his mouth, turning the remains in his hand into ashes.

Instead of launching a surprise attack on the nearby building, they calmly stood still and destroyed everything in sight!
Ji Jue, who had been turned into a machine, should have been completely devoid of emotion. However, after merging with Long Shan, the dragon blood originating from the calf and horse was boiling in his veins, bringing an unprecedented thirst and rage, which led him to wreak havoc and destroy everything!
This feeling... is so good!
Ji Jue waved his hand, and the shock spear behind him was drawn, crackling with electricity. He threw it with a backhand, instantly traversing a long distance and knocking down a giant statue that had risen into the air.

The queen was destroyed, but another queen had successfully ascended into the air, arms outstretched, her beautiful face, like that of a courtesan, opening her mouth as if to sing aloud. The invisible waves of sound shook all souls, bringing endless illusions. Then, the illusions were completely dispelled by the boiling dragon blood, and the ferocity in her eyes intensified!
The king raised his scepter, which was as heavy as an iron hammer, and brought it down with a bang. In an instant, all the changes in spiritual energy within the entire domain were frozen.

No, that's not all. All the spiritual energy converged on the king, and every soul felt a terrifying sense of suffocation in an instant.

The Spirit Annihilation Domain has advanced once again.

Unfortunately...it’s useless!
He had seen this move before, how could he not be on guard at all?
In this environment where spiritual energy was constantly being lost, the dragon roared, and beneath the armor, amidst the flowing mercury, the inside and outside were completely isolated, achieving a complete seal.

Immediately afterwards, he swung the other bishop in his hand and smashed it forward, crushing it to pieces along with the rushing guards.

He trampled over the remains of one colossus after another, advancing step by step, while Lou Feng stood still, not retreating an inch, controlling the colossus to launch a relentless and fierce attack.

Right behind Ji Jue, the shattered remains reassembled, as if reborn, rising from the ground.

The giant hand, as large as a mountain, slammed down, only to be cleaved into pieces by Ji Jue without even turning his head!
From within the fragments, a massive amount of mist surged forth, gathering and dispersing erratically. A terrifying corrosive force emerged from it, revealing the transformations of the Lou Clan's secret technique. The mist, composed of countless tiny spiritual crystals, relentlessly eroded the armor, adhering to the surface and then rapidly transforming, disintegrating the outer armor plates from the outside in and eroding inwards.

Beneath the peeling paint, the crimson-red, jet-black steel, like a monster, began to devour the external spiritual energy, strengthening itself.

With the strengthening of its capacity to bear the weight of the earth and the sea, it takes more than it can give, plundering everything to strengthen itself, becoming increasingly ferocious!

Ten steps!

Longshan lunged forward, raising his elbow and smashing the empress who was blocking his way. As the sword flashed, its sharpness trembled incessantly. Jingzhen erupted once more, crushing the eerie shadow that leaped out from within.

Seven steps!

Pan Ying's blood-red light erupted, sweeping across and cutting all the opponents who rushed up into pieces.

Five steps!

All the colossi fell apart, and Ji Jue's shadow almost enveloped Lou Feng's face, but Lou Feng remained unmoved. His face, covered in bloody mouths, showed no change. He simply remained silent, his hands clasped together.

This sparked the final change.

In an instant, the blockade and suppression of the Spirit Annihilation Domain disappeared, replaced by... a completely unexpected spiritual chaos!
Everyone's expression changed drastically!
All the fragments of the colossus suddenly disintegrated, returning to their original appearance. The density of spiritual matter in the entire space skyrocketed, instantly becoming as if it had been completely submerged by liquefied spiritual matter, forming a true deep sea.

However, the deep sea surged and rapidly collapsed and contracted inward. In the end, under the superposition of one qualitative change after another, the final 'forbidden change' was triggered!
He transformed all his spiritual essence into an unprecedented... bomb!
Let's die together!
A blinding light appeared out of thin air between the two of them, engulfing everything.

Even outside the venue, the entire building shook violently, and the combined blockade by the two masters was instantly unable to suppress it.

But their hands, which they had all raised, suddenly stopped moving.

Ji Jue remained unmoved, raising his head forward. His body, now made of steel, suddenly underwent a transformation, with boiling dragon blood flowing intensely.

Moving forward against the imminent destruction.

In that final instant, ethereal scales appeared on Lou Feng's face, dragon scales covered his body, and even drew upon the turbulent spiritual energy, growing rapidly.

In an instant, after sacrificing all the chess pieces, he gathered all his power into his body and completed the final transformation!

And in his hands, a glint of cold light appeared.

The massive gathering of spiritual energy outlined an absolute void, invisible to the eye and imperceptible to the eye. After endless essence and transformation, it approached nothingness without limit. The more void it was, the clearer and more terrifying the aura became, impossible to suppress.

There's no need to suppress it anymore.

Amidst the disruption of the spiritual chaos, this sole trace was submerged in the turbulent currents and became impossible to detect.

At this moment, the true intentions are revealed...

The Sword of Light!

cut!
Amidst the all-consuming blazing light and terrifying heat, only an incredibly crisp collision sound rang out. That sharp sound, towering above the explosive roar, spread, echoed, and lingered in everyone's ears.

After the intense light dissipated, within the area that had transformed into a furnace-like hell, only two distinct figures remained, colliding with each other.

Mount Long stands majestically, unmoving beneath the Blessed Sequence. The main structure remains intact, with only the outer armor plates completely melted and some precision equipment damaged.

Take it head-on, eat it!
The calf's spiritual reserves were sufficient to withstand an explosive strengthening at this moment.

Catalyzed by the earth's burden and the sea's tolerance, the dragon blood, which had been completely intensified, had taken the initiative and actually began to corrode the steel. A huge crack opened up in the chest, like a giant maw, and it bit down hard on the sword that Lou Feng had thrust out!
Just like a prophet...

Chun Jun's warning, and a sudden impulse, have already indicated the direction in which the crisis is approaching!

With a snap, the Lou family's sword, which was used to attack souls, was cut in half by the interlocking iron teeth. Then, they chewed it up with great relish, the crunching sound continuing.

Right in front of Lou Feng, in front of the dragon scale armor covered with cracks, Pan Ying's blood-red light hovered steadily, perfectly positioned on the crack.

Even though they were right next to Lou Feng's face, they didn't move forward even an inch.

Stopped abruptly.

The moment the sword was drawn, the dragon scale armor instantly disintegrated and vanished, leaving only a mangled body, barely able to stand, yet stubbornly clinging to its body, refusing to bow its head.

He was breathing heavily.

"You've really gotten yourself into a big mess without me even realizing it."

Ji Jue sighed, lowered his eyes to gaze at his opponent, and asked admiringly, "Had your fun, Lou Feng?"

"cut!"

Lou Feng glanced sideways, his face, covered in bloody gashes, once again revealing undisguised disgust and displeasure—what are you pretending for, you bastard? Believe me or not, I'll give you a couple of punches!
But now, I don't even have the strength to clench my fists, let alone swear.

Exhausted, like a lamp running out of oil.

Damn it, come to think of it, even this lousy habit of swearing was started by this bastard...

No, maybe I'm just not cut out for studying?

They gave it their all, but ended up making a fool of themselves.

Lost.

Total loss.

He had no choice but to swallow the bitter pill.

"You're awesome."

"Huh? Huh?!"

Ji Jue looked puzzled, as if he hadn't heard clearly. He leaned closer and shouted in confusion, "Hey, what did you say, Young Master Lou? I can't hear you! Please speak louder so I can record it. Wait a minute, let me find the recorder... Come on, quick, say it again!"

"You bastard, I'll fuck you—"

Lou Feng could no longer contain himself and roared, but he ignored his own current situation.

In his rage, before he could even complete the initial stance, everything went black...

He fell backward, looking up at the sky.

In the final moments of unconsciousness, I heard a surprised shout.

"Everyone heard it! I recorded it all. He said it himself: Mr. Ji is truly amazing, I am completely humbled, I have wandered for half my life without ever meeting a wise ruler, and from now on, I will follow Mr. Yi..."

Lou Feng, feeling utterly dejected, was completely 'dead,' with no will to live whatsoever.

Die, die, you son of a bitch, I don't want to live anymore!
My life is ruined...

(End of this chapter)