Swallowing the Stars: Starting with the Battle of Geniuses

Chapter 242 Gladiator King, combat power close to the limit of a Void True God!

While the leaders were discussing and analyzing, the battle between the gladiators and Hunzhen had already begun.

Just as the commanders had predicted and analyzed, Hunzhen quickly revealed his advantage in agility...

"Hmph, kid, you really are as slippery as an eel!"

The gladiator carrying the greatsword missed his attack once again and finally stopped attacking temporarily, simply standing in mid-air looking at Hunzhen.

However, when he looked at Hunzhen, he grinned, but there was no sign of anxiety on his face.

"Time and Space Maze: Absolute Time and Space" is a technique for tormenting the "weak".

If one's understanding of space and time is lower than that of Hunzhen, then even brushing against Hunzhen's divine body in close combat is a pipe dream.

Moreover, just as the eternal true god leader thought, this movement technique is different from the orthodox use of the spacetime maze, and is more inclined to a pure physical movement technique, with almost no consumption of divine power compared to that huge divine body.

Hunzhen could use Absolute Spacetime to avoid the gladiator's attack, and he didn't even need to push Absolute Spacetime to its limit. He could easily toy with his opponent by simply maintaining it at the peak Void True God level.

"Is your attack over?"

Hunzhen looked at the gladiator who still maintained a calm expression and smiled slightly: "Then it's my turn."

As Hunzhen drew his sword, the gladiator couldn't help but reveal a contemptuous expression, letting out a cold laugh: "Oh? Instead of choosing to continue using your agility to dodge, you're launching an attack on me? You don't actually think that an attack from a Lord of Law—"

The gladiator's pupils constricted sharply.

Having experienced countless battles, his instinctive reaction led him to dodge.

However, when Hunzhen swung his sword, the speed was beyond the gladiator's imagination.

"It's too late!"

As the gladiator realized the truth, his divine power rapidly ignited.

"A single thought can empty the void!"

The gladiator's rich combat experience led him not to use the Void God's power to restrict Hunzhen, but instead to use it on himself, causing the surrounding spacetime to freeze a hundred or a thousand times.

Splash—

The void shattered.

Instead, a gray luminous pearl silently shot out, as if it had anticipated the gladiator's movements and surpassed the gladiator's instinct for life and death, shattering the stagnant void with a single strike.

The gladiator's eyes widened as the silver blade slashed diagonally, spraying blood everywhere.

Whoosh.

With a single strike, the gladiator finally retreated, creating distance.

The mangled skin was instantly and completely healed.

However, the paleness on his face indicated that the knife wound he had just suffered was quite severe.

The contempt in his eyes had vanished, replaced by a solemn gaze as he looked at Hunzhen, at the battle blade in Hunzhen's hand, and at the gray luminous pearl still suspended in mid-air: "That's a sword technique at the level of an Eternal True God... Even though you're limited by the life level of a Law Lord, you've still managed to unbelievably push it to a level infinitely close to the limit of a Void True God. Is that battle blade? That battle blade is also a weapon at the level of an Eternal True God? How extravagant... But the most troublesome thing is that pearl! It can actually shatter the void directly?"

A look of admiration flashed in Hunzhen's eyes: "Truly worthy of being a gladiator who has risen from countless sinners!"

The luminous pearl that even gladiators couldn't see through was naturally the Chaos Pearl.

The Chaos Pearl contains forty-nine restrictive runes, with seven runes forming one level. (The previous text was incorrect; it said there were five levels in total, making it forty-nine. My elementary school math teacher is going to come and chop me up with a knife. It's been over a week and it's hard to correct, so this is a clarification.)

The first level of the limit corresponds to the sixth-order Law Master, the second level is the peak of True God, the third level is the limit of True God, the fourth level is the peak of Void True God, the fifth level is the limit of Void True God, the sixth level is the peak of Eternal True God, and the seventh level is the limit of Eternal True God.

With Hunzhen's current mastery of secret techniques, he has reached the sixth level, but his divine power level is too low to activate even the thirty-sixth secret rune.

However, briefly activating the fifth layer of secret runes to directly shatter the void was not difficult for Hunzhen.

Because his actual mastery of the secret runes has reached the sixth level, Hunzhen can even perform operations as if they were being turned on and off instantly, minimizing the consumption of divine power and making it a routine practice.

Therefore, the Void True God's suppression of the Void True God's power of a single thought of the Void is completely ineffective against Hunzhen, and is instead a waste of divine power.

As for the simplified void technique used by those mechanical treasures, it has long since ceased to pose any threat to Hunzhen.

The gladiator had realized that Hunzhen's previous dodges were a deliberate trap, and now that he had been ambushed and injured, his face was extremely ugly.

Without hesitation, he immediately used the third level of the Divine Power Burning Secret Technique, and terrifying blade light swept through the arena like a storm.

Even though Hunzhen's precise calculations caused him a great loss, the gladiator did not believe that his opponent could defeat him.

That was a strike that nearly reached the limit of a Void True God!

A strike that even he couldn't reach!

After unleashing such a stunning strike, how much divine power would Hunzhen have left?

"A war of attrition is to my advantage!"

Wounded by Hunzhen, the gladiator lost his previous ease and no longer had the mind to test the opponent's movements. Instead, he tried to block Hunzhen's movements with a wide-range attack.

And just as the gladiators and even the onlookers had predicted, this was the best way to deal with absolute spacetime.

If we compare spacetime to a Go board, absolute spacetime is like moving along a 100x100 grid instead of the original 19x19 grid. Naturally, this makes it extremely difficult for the opponent to track the movement.

但若对手直接攻击整个棋盘，不论你将19X19的路线扩展到100X100还是10000X10000，那也毫无作用。

The Chaos Pearl suddenly returned and entered Hunzhen's body.

Hunzhen curled his lips into a smile and headed straight ahead into the endless storm.

The gladiator's eyes narrowed.

The figure seemed to be traveling through different dimensions of time and space.

The endless blades of light pierced through the body of the person before them, yet they could not leave any marks on him.

"Movement technique?"

"A secret technique?"

"Secret technique?"

"What kind of movement technique, secret method, or secret art would it take to accomplish such a feat?"

This sight, beyond the gladiator's comprehension, caused his thoughts to freeze for a moment.

Hunzhen suddenly drew his sword.

The attack, approaching the limit of a Void God, cleaved through the endless blade light and landed directly on the gladiator.

At the same time, among the countless blades transformed by the gladiators, less than one percent of the blade light that was originally around Hunzhen successfully struck Hunzhen's divine body.

puff--.

Two bursts of blood erupted simultaneously from opposite directions in the arena.

The gladiator paused for a moment, then smiled wryly and sheathed his sword.

"I lost."

Gladiators have experienced countless brutal battles. Although they were briefly stunned by the Voidwalker, they quickly realized that such an ability was not invincible and also required a huge amount of divine power.

Moreover, once Hunzhen wants to launch an attack, he must break free from the state of walking in the void. This is why, even though Hunzhen clearly cleaved through the blade of light in front of him, he was still injured.

But the gladiator also understood that Hun Zhen's injuries were far less severe than his own.

In addition, the divine power consumed by Hunzhen's peak strike was much lower than he had expected.

No wonder the gladiator made this misjudgment; he didn't quite understand how Hunzhen managed to unleash a strike that approached the limits of a Void True God.

But he knew very well that breaking through the limits of the barrier would come at a huge cost.

Normally speaking, without relying on mechanical treasures, even with techniques like rune diagrams, the limit during the Lord of Laws era is achieving the level of a peak True God in attack.

However, this is normal.

According to the secrets known to gladiators, true geniuses are those who can break through the limits.

But what Hunzhen achieved was breaking through to the peak of True God, and his momentum did not diminish, almost reaching the limit of Void True God.

The strongest true god, the limit of true gods, the invincible true god, the true god of the void, the peak of the true god of the void, almost the limit of the true god of the void...

It took almost six extra breakthroughs to break through the limit barrier, and the price was naturally unimaginably heavy.

For Hunzhen to achieve this, the extra divine power required was indeed enormous. However, it was not as exaggerated as the gladiators imagined.

First and foremost, the higher one's understanding of laws and mastery of secret techniques, the lower the cost of breaking through limits.

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Secondly, the Omniscient Vision cheat is equivalent to raising the ceiling of Hunzhen by 1.5 levels without any cost or consumption.

Therefore, the price Hunzhen paid was actually similar to that of an ordinary Law Master unleashing invincible True God-level combat power.

The consumption of divine power was equally terrifying, but it was still within the tolerance range for the Hunzhen, whose divine body was extremely large. At least the gladiators could see that they could easily unleash a thousand or ten thousand more slashes.

On the contrary, Hunzhen's two successful wounds to the gladiators had significantly reduced their combat strength. In terms of raw power alone, the weakened gladiators realized they were no match for Hunzhen and immediately surrendered.

Immediately, layers of golden-bronze powder fell from the sky, quickly coating the gladiator in a golden-bronze hue, turning him into a statue. Then, a flash of teleportation light made him disappear from the spot.

Meanwhile, the commanders watching the battle from the sidelines were all filled with disbelief at this unexpected turn of events.

"He won?"

"He actually defeated a Void God without any external assistance?"

After the burly leader said those words, they did consider the possibility of Hunzhen winning.

However, reality was even more surprising than they had imagined.

What was expected to be a long and arduous battle ended after only a few exchanges, faster than anyone imagined.

Before the commanders could even recover, something even more shocking and astonishing happened.

"Damn it! Doesn't he know how to behave?"

"Why did you choose to continue the challenge!?"

In the image, the text in the sky changed again.

"First test begins!"

"Defeat the 'Gladiator King'!"

Rumble—

Before the gladiator king appeared, the gold and bronze dust had already been removed from the faces of the audience.

But this is not the real end.

Accompanied by crackling sounds, cracks appeared on the bodies of the "ordinary audience members" and "elite audience members," resembling old pottery, before they burst open.

Beneath the bodies of the spectators, tribal warriors and strange beasts of different appearances revealed their true forms, and then cheered loudly as they looked at the Hunzhen in the arena.

"Give me liberty or give me death!"

"I have been imprisoned for ten million, ten thousand, ten thousand, ten thousand... ten thousand years!"

"Thanks, stranger and challenger!"

Even though Hunzhen had personally shattered the bodies of those audience members, there had never been a phenomenon where a true body was hidden beneath the body.

This is undoubtedly a special method left behind by the God King of Jin. It seems illogical, but it is actually an extraordinary weapon-refining technique.

The four commanders who were secretly observing were naturally very clear about the truth about these spectators.

Just as they said before, in the vast world of Jin, there are heretics, rebels, and even criminals.

In the world of Jin, the concept of reincarnation existed, so the death penalty was no longer the most severe punishment.

Thus, the most heinous of these criminals were sealed within the bodies of dolls using a special refining technique.

The next worst sin is becoming a gladiator, engaging in brutal battles with no future in a place similar to a prison, like raising poisonous insects.

Only gladiators who break through to the level of Void God can enjoy a certain degree of freedom and temporary peace.

At the same time, depending on their rank, these gladiators can be summoned by the Jin world at any time and teleported to various locations to perform missions and tasks.

If they fail in the process, they will be dealt with even more severely.

Just like the gladiator that Hunzhen just defeated, after the defeat, he directly became a "spectator". Unless a challenger from the Chosen Arena activates the eighth level of the test, he will stand forever like a real statue.

The only hope for freedom is to become the Gladiator King and then defeat the challenger of the eighth trial.

"There can only be one Gladiator King at any given time."

The off-site supervisor began to provide commentary.

"But no matter what, their strength will not reach the limit of a Void True God."

"If the Gladiator King's strength reaches the limit of a Void True God, he will be executed to prevent him from breaking through to the Eternal True God realm. Only by winning in the Celestial Arena can he be 'released from prison'."

"Therefore, the strength of a gladiator fluctuates from one period to the next."

"At its weakest, it was even similar to that guy who turned into a spectator just now. At its strongest, it could reach a level that was infinitely close to the limit of a Void True God, completely locked in place."

"Most of the time, the Gladiator King's strength is on the edge of being the 'strongest'."

"This time is no exception."

The leaders looked grave.

The fact that a Hunzhen can defeat a gladiator with the strength of a Void God does not mean that he can defeat a gladiator king with the peak strength of a Void God.

As the attack spreads out, its power naturally decreases. The gladiator just now was able to maintain an attack that completely covered all of Hunzhen's movement paths at a level close to that of a Void True God... that is, an invincible True God, by burning divine power.

This gladiator king could naturally maintain the power of his attacks, which covered the entire arena, at the level of a true god in the void.

Even a minor Law Lord, regardless of the level of armor they wear, will die if touched.

Even if Hunzhen can maintain the state of avoiding all attacks, judging from his previous performance, his divine power consumption will inevitably increase sharply!

They couldn't imagine how Hunzhen could possibly win.

To the surprise of both the spectators and the commanders, this gladiatorial contest ended even faster than the seventh level of the trial...

(End of this chapter)