Inner Destroyer

　"Rip Man" caused the entire ancient city of Herculaneum to sink completely into a bottomless pit and be annihilated in the "dream of all living beings"!

　But as the deeper layers of the "inner world" emerged, Qi Xing was still slightly startled when he saw it.

　The deep level of the "inner world" is related to its mythological archetypal symbols.

　The mythological prototype of Romani is the Asura King Sumitra. Qi Xing, having read the Shiva Purana, had originally assumed that the depths of this "inner realm" might be the Asura's demonic palace in Indian mythology, or perhaps the battlefield where the Asuras battled the Devas. However, his thinking was overly complex. It didn't need to be that complicated at all.

　At first, he saw a vast expanse of sea, its boundless surface slowly spreading across the horizon, reflecting the sky.

　However, as Qi Xing looked carefully, a strange scene emerged after a while - the blue sea was dyed with a strange red, as if the sun melted in the depths of the sea, turning into a twisted and strange halo.

　The fire flickered.

　That's the sea burning.

　This is the origin of the story of Sudhika in Purana mythology.

　The flames engulfed the waves, golden-red flames tumbling along them like an unquenchable rage, transforming the entire ocean into a burning abyss. The flames illuminated the sky crimson, and thick black smoke rose, merging with the clouds at the junction of sea and sky, forming a hazy shape.

　A huge wave arose, but before the water droplets fell back into the sea, they were swallowed by the blazing flames and turned into burning steam, swirling and twisting in the air, deforming among the rolling waves, and transforming into countless evil demons and Asuras dancing in the sea of ​​flames.

　The waves burned, flames surged, as if even the deepest part of the ocean had been ignited. Occasionally, a pillar of fire would suddenly burst from the surface, like an angry beast roaring from the depths. The blazing flames instantly soared into the sky, then slowly died down, transforming into black smoke and sinking into the burning abyss.

　This is a burning ocean, where destruction and flames intertwine. It is a world that even the sea god has abandoned.

　Dozens of Ashuras with sharp horns on their heads, holding shining strange weapons, screamed and emerged from the steam mist, ready to besiege "Rip Man".

　But before Qi Xing could kill them, the Romani who also fell into the sea

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　First he raised his hand, and a ray of cold light shot out, directly chopping off all these miscellaneous Shuras!

　Right.

　Although it was natural for the "inner world" to swarm out with miscellaneous soldiers and monsters, given Romani's personality - Qi Xing now had some understanding of him - he would definitely not allow himself to be besieged by a group of miscellaneous soldiers during his own stunning battle.

　"Now that you've seen through my myth, Master Leipu, please welcome my unreserved full strength!"

　Without even glancing at those miscellaneous Shuras, Romani laughed and pushed his silver coin - pushing his divine power to the extreme.

　Instantly, an unimaginably massive aura erupted, practically igniting the very air of this small world! His eyes were as deep as the abyss, his aura as violent as a hurricane at sea, the entire ocean trembling at his breath! A violent burst of light erupted from Romani's body, tearing through the air like a raging torrent, surging towards the sky!

　It was no ordinary light, but a twisted, raging flame. Within the flames swirled a strange, interwoven radiance of gold, blue, and purple, like the wrath of a god or the roar of the deep sea. The flames continuously condensed and rose, ultimately transforming into a phantom that pierced heaven and earth.

　"Mizuchi" - the king of the raging sea, the rebel against the gods!

　A burning Asura palace appeared behind Black Spartacus, towering above the raging tide. Within the palace, a blazing blue flame burned relentlessly, seemingly distorting the very realms of heaven and earth.

　A six-armed Asura demon king stood proudly in the center of the palace. One hand held up a raging tsunami, another grasped Shiva's trident, and the remaining arm stretched out as if to rend the heavens. Each of his six eyes burned with proud fury, and his long hair danced wildly in the storm, like a raging wave sweeping across heaven and earth.

　Beneath his throne, countless fallen Devas turned into wreckage, floating in the dark ocean, never to return to the heavens. This was Mizuchi's victory, the Asura demon king's subversion of the righteous law of the gods.

　I am the enemy of the gods! I am the usurper of divine power!

　Romani stood at the center of this destruction and glory.

　His body had transformed into a six-armed demon king, his aura devouring the world. The air around him twisted into a vortex, and the wind howled furiously. He slowly raised one hand, and instantly, the surging waves rose with him, and a huge wave crashed down on Qi Xing!

　The ancients often used the phrase "moving mountains and overturning seas" to describe the extent of supernatural powers.

　The legendary "Moving Mountains and Overturning Seas"—the ability to lift a mountain and smash it against someone—is something Qi Xing, a half-baked immortal, honestly can't do. He certainly doesn't have the power of Tathagata Buddha, who flipped his hand and transformed it into the Five Finger Mountain to crush Monkey King for five hundred years.

　But if Romani wants to pour the ocean water into his own "inner world" and hit Qi hard to wake him up, it is not that difficult to do.

　At the critical moment, the silver coin bounced into Qi Xing's hand, transforming into a golden scimitar, radiant with the sun's light. He raised the sword high above his head, twisting his wrist, and the blade sliced ​​through the air, creating a blazing halo that enveloped him.

　In a mere hundredth of a second, Qi Xing had transformed once again into the golden Sun God King, wielding a massive scythe. In the center of the waves, he raised the scythe with one hand, and the golden engravings on his armor resonated with the lightning. Qi Xing didn't retreat, but instead stepped forward, heading straight toward the huge wave.

　"The thunder answers me, the wind dances with me! The blade of death in your hand cannot cut through the waves of the King of the Raging Sea!"

　Romani laughed.

　In fact, Qi Xing is not very good at using the giant sickle.

　After all, he hadn't learned any martial arts using unusual weapons... Were there really any martial arts schools in China that used scythes as weapons? He had certainly seen martial arts schools that used hoes... In short, the only weapon-based martial arts Qi Xing had learned were staffs, spears, and single and double swords. As far as weapons were concerned, he really didn't know much.

　But if your kung fu skills reach a certain level, you can even kill people by swinging a bench.

　The devil swung his arm down, and the raging waves were about to completely swallow Qi Xing!

　And the golden sickle burst into thundering light in the huge waves.

　The raging waves swept over him, but he did not retreat. Instead, he swung his sword suddenly, tearing the darkness apart with golden arcs of light!

　"I am the king who rules over the underworld. The dead of yesteryear are now gods!"

　"I have been broken, I have been made alive; the waters cannot drown me—I sit on the floods and reign forever!"

　Almost driven by the Demon King's instinct, Qi Xing unconsciously uttered these words with real power. If Elaine were watching, she would probably be speechless after hearing this.

　This is Qi Xing's silver coin, which means "domination" and control - in other words, it is also the power to resist being influenced by others and refuse to be swallowed up by the world around you!

　Neither death nor pain was worth his fear.

　His only fear was that I would no longer be worthy of being "me".

　As Qi Xing spoke the order, the huge waves of this small world were about to succumb to his will.

　He slashed with his sickle, and the golden blade light broke through the raging waves and collided head-on with the six-armed demon god!

　The black frenzy tried to swallow up the lightning, but the brilliance of the sickle cut through the sea water, like the judgment of the King of the Underworld, bringing everything to silence!

　"Stop talking nonsense, Romani Domingo."

　Qi Xing finally spoke, his voice echoing with the thunder and lightning.

　"You keep saying you don't need it, but that's because you've never truly experienced love."

　"You say that life is fragile and emotions are unreliable, but that's simply because you've never experienced that feeling of having your heart race and your soul tremble!"

　Having said that, Qi Xing is actually just a virgin who was confessed to by a beautiful girl an hour ago. Fortunately, Romani didn't know what was going on, otherwise Qi Xing would be

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　The words are definitely unconvincing.

　Fortunately, no matter what, the battle between Qi Xing and Romani could only be decided by a real fight.

　Breaking through the huge waves, Qi Xing suddenly accelerated, the golden afterimage tore through the storm on the sea, the armor burst out with blazing brilliance, the sickle drew a perfect arc, and slashed towards Romani's neck!

　Romani laughed back, his figure suddenly transforming into countless phantoms. The golden sickle missed, and a six-armed demon appeared behind Qi Xing, slashing at him with Shiva's trident!

　——But Qi Xing’s sickle had already spun around, sweeping across the air with a deadly lightning!

　The golden light engulfed everything, and the scythe's trajectory shattered the remaining image of the six-armed demon god. Between the sea and the sky, only the ripples of the two men's confrontation remained!

　boom! boom! boom!

　Hundreds of sonic booms erupted in an instant, and two figures intersected in a blaze of lightning. Their battle had already transcended the limits of mortals; it was the ancient war of the gods, revived in modern times!

　A war between the light of the God King of Sun and Thunder and the shadow of the sea and darkness of the Demon God.

　With each clash, endless turbulence rolled through the Dream of All Beings. Qi Xing hurled his powerful golden lightning repeatedly into the Romani sea, and it seemed he was about to win.

　Let's not talk about the part about Brahma's immortal blessing - this part is another issue, because it is a mechanism so it is impossible to kill by force - just looking at pure strength, pure numbers, pure combat, the armor on Qi Xing's body still has no cracks.

　Romani had been struck by his lethal force at least twenty times. To use a gaming analogy, Qi Xing had drained his health bar twenty times. However, each time, Romani relied on the system's mechanics to regenerate from 1 HP to full HP.

　Regardless of whether this was cheating or not, since everyone had cheats, it wasn't clear who was cheating, and Qi Xing didn't feel annoyed. But as he continued playing, he gradually noticed something strange.

　Actually, Romani is not really that strong, right?

　His combat skills, martial arts proficiency, and complete realm—those were only about 70% to 80% of Qi Xing's, but that wasn't the point. The point was, the "Water Keeper" Romani had transformed into seemed even weaker than Qi Xing had imagined. It even felt... not much stronger than Professor Vanstra had been.

　If Qi Xing really brought Knight Commander Gwendolyn with him, maybe she could really serve as Qi Xing's assistant and assist him - this fact itself made the situation seem very strange.

　This made Qi Xing feel something was wrong.

　"You said we are the same kind, but I don't think you are as strong as me."

　Finally, Qi Xing even managed to win, and he even had the leisure to talk and taunt during the battle.

　"I see you're no different than those 'ants' you killed, only half as strong as me."

　In fact, he just said this casually. Romani is not so weak that he is only half as strong as Qi Xing.

　However, contrary to Qi Xing's expectation, his casual sarcasm actually made Romani's eyes change instantly.

　"What did you say?"

　The black man, who had always been calm and relaxed enjoying the fun of fighting, suddenly showed an angry expression for the first time.

　Ah? ?

　He...he really broke down because of this?

　why?

　Although he didn't know the truth, Qi Xing naturally wouldn't miss the opportunity to verbally attack him - what was his weakness? Why was it so sudden - was it because the word "half" really irritated him?

　"Isn't it? Bastard black man, your bloodline is "half", your identity is "half", and even your strength is only "half", Romani... aren't you just a half-baked person? Oh, I forgot, you are only "half" of your parents!"

　Qi Xing grinned, an evil grin,

　"Everything is only half! Are you worthy of being my kind?"

　He actually attacked me personally! He even told me a black hell joke! How abhorrent! Is this what a hero should do?!

　Qi Xing was very impressed with himself for being able to think of such vicious words in an instant!

　"Damn it! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"

　Anyway, Romani's defense is really broken this time.

　——It’s incredible, but at the moment when Romani broke down his defense and started cursing, Qi Xing suddenly felt that under their feet, deeper in the deep sea of ​​this “inner world”, there was a shaking like an underwater earthquake.

　What lies deeper in the deep ocean?

　Of course, it is Romani's "ventricle" that Qi Xing has been looking for.

　When the mind of the master of the "inner world" is shaken, the path to the deeper part of his heart will naturally be revealed.

　However, the furious Romani would definitely continue to harass Qi Xing on the sea. How should he get down?

　"Come on, you idiot! You like imitating the war dance, don't you? I'll show you real pictographic kung fu!"

　Qi Xing already had an idea.

　Before Romani could react, Qi Xing had already leaped into the air. Instead of diving into the sea, he soared high into the sky, his figure soaring into the sky like an arrow from a bow.

　A bolt of lightning pierced the sky.

　Master Lei Pu had resonated his heartbeat with the thunder. His breathing gradually synchronized with the wind. With each inhalation and exhalation, the zhenqi within his body surged like a tide. All the wind and thunder within the sea and sky now surged through his body.

　Romani looked up at the sky, trying to spot Qi Xing. But amidst the howling wind and the clashing thunder and lightning, he seemed to have become part of the heavens, wandering through the heavens. For a moment, he had no idea what "Master Lei Pu" was up to.

　At this moment, time seemed to stand still.

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　Only Qi Xing could fly above the dark clouds and feel the power of every electric current running through the clouds.

　Everyone has heard of the palm technique that descends from the sky. However, Qi Xing does not know the long-lost Tathagata Palm.

　He has another killer move.

　Ancient martial artists would learn fighting techniques from creatures other than humans, imitating tigers, cranes, snakes, horses, monkeys, eagles—even dragons!

　The Romani war dance also imitates other creatures, but the imitation is of gods. In fact, there is not much difference between dragons and gods.

　But it is said that the ultimate level of Xingyiquan is not to imitate living creatures, but the natural shapes of heaven and earth.

　It can be water, wind, or thunder. There is no fixed routine, there are moves but no style.

　Another loud thunder exploded.

　The next moment, a thunderous figure descended from the sky, and his right leg chopped down like a giant axe, carrying the momentum of destroying everything and carrying unparalleled violent power!

　The air shattered under his foot, and the sea and sky changed color! Before Romani could react, he was locked in by the invisible pressure. His muscles stiffened, and his mind was almost intimidated by the heavenly punishment!

　He had never seen such a terrifying move before! It was beyond human ability and imagination!