BZZZT!!

As searing silver starlight burned, the muscles around the wound on Zhou Yuanjue’s chest squirmed rapidly. The injury was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

To him, this kind of injury was nothing serious. As long as it didn’t strike his head and destroy his brain, he could heal it in a short time by expending a certain amount of stamina and Southern Dipper Star Power. There was nothing strange about it.

In just over ten seconds, the massive wound on Zhou Yuanjue’s chest had completely recovered. Even the surface of his skin was restored to its original state, making it hard to believe it had just suffered such devastating damage.

’This...’

The students of the Martial Arts University stared at Zhou Yuanjue, who stood there as if nothing had happened, their mouths agape and utterly speechless.

’Such a terrifying, fatal injury... and he healed it in just over ten seconds...’

This was an ability they couldn’t even begin to imagine, let alone comprehend.

’So the human body alone is actually capable of something like this!’

A new understanding of the human body dawned in their hearts, akin to how humanity had come to rediscover the Earth during the Age of Discovery.

Even Shiva, standing to the side, showed a slight change in expression, surprised by Zhou Yuanjue’s terrifying Recovery Ability.

Although he knew such an injury wouldn’t have a fatal impact on Zhou Yuanjue, he hadn’t expected him to recover so quickly.

The next moment, BZZZT!!

An incredibly vast magnetic field erupted from Zhou Yuanjue’s body once more. A light mingled with silver and red illuminated the canyon again as the Starlight Phoenix spread its wings and soared, unleashing a soul-shaking power.

At the same time, a brilliant Starlight burst forth from Zhou Yuanjue’s heart and swiftly enveloped his entire body, re-entering the state where Star Cells saturated his form.

Before, Shiva had only temporarily used cellular magnetic field resonance to collapse Zhou Yuanjue’s chain of resonating Star Cells. This caused his body to lose the associated stimulation and enhancement. But in reality, Shiva hadn’t disabled the ability at its source, so it didn’t prevent him from using it again.

However, doing so stretched his already insufficient stamina even thinner.

Therefore, he had no more time to delay.

"It seems you’ve regained your fighting spirit. Then let me see where this confidence of yours comes from."

An amused smile appeared on Shiva’s face, like a Divine Spirit looking down upon his subjects.

"I should be able to give you a few surprises."

Zhou Yuanjue said softly, and after speaking, he slowly spread his arms.

SCREEE!!!

The Starlight Phoenix behind him also beat its wings, stirring up a scorching storm within the canyon.

Being stared down by Zhou Yuanjue’s hawk-like eyes, Shiva actually felt his muscles contract involuntarily as a sense of tension naturally arose in his body.

"How interesting."

A pure smile appeared on Shiva’s face. As the God of Destruction, battle was his fundamental authority. At this moment, the fighting spirit in his blood was fully ignited.

He also assumed a peculiar stance.

His right leg was slightly bent, and his left leg was raised to rest on his right knee. One hand formed the Fearless Seal, pointing to the sky, while the other formed the Demon Subduing Seal, pointing to the ground. It looked like a fighting stance, yet it possessed the divine grace of an ancient dance.

SWISH!!

The next instant, Zhou Yuanjue fiercely flapped his arms, his figure shooting forward in a flash. His arms sliced through the air, the light lingering in the void, leaving behind a shining trail.

The spectators standing on the high ground on both sides of the canyon clearly saw the shockwave, which resembled both a falling meteorite and a Divine Bird spreading its wings.

’Such powerful momentum and might, but...’

Shiva narrowed his eyes and suddenly threw a punch at Zhou Yuanjue!!

This punch was saturated with the special magnetic field that had destroyed the resonant structure within Zhou Yuanjue’s cells.

From the previous strike, Shiva had firmly memorized this primary node of the Destruction Chain!

At this moment, this special magnetic field filled every inch of space around him. As long as they clashed, he was confident he could once again activate the Destruction Chain inside his opponent’s body.

Zhou Yuanjue was well aware of this, but it was impossible to change his resonance frequency in such a short time. Moreover, the cells that had become magnetized through resonance could not be perfectly and freely controlled. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Therefore, he chose the simplest and most brutal method.

BOOM!!

The powerful, meteor-like attack collided with Shiva’s massive, hammer-like fist. The fierce penetrating power and Attack Power made Shiva’s arm tremble violently. A sharp pain shot through his supposedly indestructible fist, and it felt as if his bones were faintly cracking.

However, his Destruction Chain had also successfully entered his opponent’s body again. And this time, under his conscious control, the penetrating magnetic field was even stronger!

SPLAT!!

The next moment, he clearly saw the point of contact between Zhou Yuanjue’s body and his fist suddenly explode.

Flesh bursting from the inside out!!

Because Zhou Yuanjue was currently in a state of cellular Star Transformation, the cellular magnetic field did not completely dissipate at the moment his flesh burst. It continued to release a silvery-white Starlight from within.

Thus, the fragments of flesh and blood that exploded from his fist weren’t red. Instead, they resembled flecks of shattered starlight, possessing a strange, beautiful quality.

’It’s not working?!’

The magnetic field he had unleashed seemed to vanish like a stone in the ocean, causing Shiva to hesitate for a moment. But he quickly understood why.

’This guy knows he can’t fix his own weakness right now, so he’s using destruction to fight destruction.’

The moment the Destruction Chain hit him, he controlled his body and made the affected area disintegrate from the inside out!

He was using physical damage to forcibly interrupt the advance of the Destruction Chain!

It was the same principle as gouging out flesh or even cutting off an arm the moment a venomous snake bites, to stop the poison from spreading.

’But does he really think he can block the Destruction Chain’s attacks with this method?’

’In the legends, I, Shiva, have four arms!!’

SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH!!

Their attacks met and separated in an instant, followed by a continuous barrage of strikes that surpassed the limits of retinal capture.

It was as if Shiva had grown four arms, while around Zhou Yuanjue, it was like a meteor shower.

Their attacks saturated every corner of the space around them.

A tremendous gale swept through, and the brilliant Starlight illuminated Shiva’s face, which was slowly filling with shock.

The four remaining Acupoints of the Southern Dipper Immortal Seat on Zhou Yuanjue’s chest flickered continuously, dimming and extinguishing one by one.

Every inch of his skin continuously exploded under his control to neutralize Shiva’s Destruction Chain. Amidst the constant damage and repair, even his body in its Star Cell state had its Recovery Ability pushed to a certain limit.

But no matter how much damage his body sustained, Zhou Yuanjue never once stopped his assault.

Carried by the gales from their clash, the constantly exploding tissue from Zhou Yuanjue’s body was scattered by the storm.

Flecks of starlight, shining silver-white.

On both sides of the canyon, the eyes of the spectators from Bosha Country and Donghua Country were filled with the endlessly expanding fragments of starlight.

The battle, fraught with extreme danger, now looked like a display of incomparably beautiful fireworks.

In the heart of the battlefield, through the endless Starlight, what Shiva saw was Zhou Yuanjue’s face, which remained completely unchanged amidst the frenzied attacks and immense physical damage.

It was as if his physical body was, to him, nothing more than a tool.

The human body’s sensation of pain, biological instincts, the will to survive, primal fear...

All of it, everything, seemed not to exist for him.

At this moment, Shiva experienced a similar illusion to the one Yuan Luàn had once felt.

The figure behind the twinkling stars was the true Sovereign in control of everything.