462: Chapter 462 Self-created Killing Move, Five Elements Killing Formation!

He pulled his right arm back, his spine twisting frantically like a Great Dragon, gathering the power of his entire body into a single point. He met the attack head-on with a Heavenly God Fist of his own!

“Bang! Bang! Bang—!”

Accompanied by a series of deafening roars, like Nine Heavens' angry thunder exploding, two identical peerless Geniuses engaged in the most primitive, violent, and tragic hand-to-hand combat within this ancient hall.

There were no flashy collisions of Magic Treasures, only the dull impact of fists hitting flesh.

At the center where their fists met, a blinding sphere of light erupted. The shockwaves turned into physical ripples, sweeping frantically in all directions, causing the space within the hall to distort violently like boiling water.

Lu Li swept out a whip kick, carrying a screech that tore through the Void Realm, but it was intercepted with precision by the mirror image's own whip kick.

The mirror image took the opportunity to punch straight for the heart, but Lu Li dodged by a hair's breadth, his elbow smashing toward the opponent's chest like a heavy hammer, only to be caught firmly by the mirror image's palm once again.

They fought for a full hour, their exchange exceeding several thousand rounds.

The more Lu Li fought, the more alarmed he became, and a layer of fine sweat broke out on his forehead.

He discovered that this ghost mirror not only perfectly copied his incredible strength and Physical Body intensity, but it even knew his tiny habits when making Moves, his improvised variations in battle, and even his breathing frequency!

No matter how exquisite his attacks were, the opponent could always perfectly neutralize them and launch a fatal counterattack as if possessing foresight.

This was a complete deadlock with no openings. If they continued to consume each other like this, the final result would likely be both of them dying of exhaustion at the same time.

“So troublesome. Father taught me before that if you can't win, call for backup. If you can't find backup... then you can only use cheats.”

Lu Li took a deep breath. Using the reaction force from a clash of palms, his figure retreated dozens of yards like a startled swan, widening the distance between him and the mirror image.

He lowered his head, his long eyelashes masking the flicker of cunning and madness deep within his eyes.

“Since you can copy everything, even simulating my subconscious, let's see if you can copy something new I just created this very second!”

The mirror image gave Lu Li no chance to breathe, pouncing again like a shadow following a body, the light of the Heavenly God Fist illuminating the entire hall.

But this time, Lu Li did not continue to use the Heavenly God Fist.

He suddenly closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the cold air in the hall. The tens of millions of Yuanxiang Particles in his body did not choose a conventional explosion at this moment; instead, they were forcibly compressed and twisted by him, creating a strange and dangerous resonance.

He completely abandoned the defense and offense of his hands, and in a nearly self-mutilating manner, he frantically and forcibly poured and concentrated all the magic power, Qi, and blood, and even the power of his Divine Soul, into his right leg!

“Primal Elephant Trample: Earth Splitter!”

This was an extreme variant he had realized on the spot and was performing for the first time, a flash of inspiration during that half-hour of high-intensity life-and-death struggle, forcibly kneading the mysteries of the Qilin Step with the overbearing power of the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength!

“Boom—!”

Lu Li's right foot, carrying the momentum of Mount Tai pressing down, stepped heavily onto the indestructible bronze floor.

There was no dazzling light, nor any grand display of power.

But with this single step, an indescribable, terrifying shockwave with a strange frequency traveled through the patterns of the ground, instantly transmitting to the feet of the mirror image that was pouncing forward.

This shockwave ignored spatial distance and acted directly at the microscopic level.

The mirror image's originally flawless copy obviously didn't expect this brand-new Move that completely transcended 'existing data.' It was still trying to simulate Lu Li's usual defensive or counter-offensive patterns according to previous logic.

As a result, the sudden and strange shockwave penetrated directly through its body. The mirror image's body suddenly stiffened, the tens of millions of Yuanxiang Particles inside were instantly thrown into chaos, and its originally smooth flow of power suffered a tiny but fatal stagnation!

“Die!”

When masters clash, life and death are decided in an instant. Lu Li's eyes snapped open, shooting out two bolts of cold lightning.

He seized this fleeting opening, his figure like a bolt of lightning tearing through the dark night as he leaped up.

In mid-air, he bent his legs, a terrifying power capable of crushing small stars condensing on his knees. Using the momentum of his descent, he smashed them ruthlessly into the chest of the mirror image, which had lost its defense due to the power stagnation.

“Crack!”

A crisp, ear-piercing sound of shattering rang out. The mirror image's indestructible chest instantly caved in significantly, and then, countless cracks spread from the depression to its entire body.

In the next second, the entire mirror image exploded like glass hit by a heavy hammer, turning into a sky full of silver spiritual light that slowly dissipated in the hall, finally returning to nothingness.

“Fourth trial, passed.”

The cold mechanical voice sounded again, seemingly with a slight, imperceptible pause compared to before.

“Reward: One Ancient Remnant Weapon.”

A crack opened in the Void Realm above the hall, and a rust-covered bronze ancient sword, its blade snapped off at the base, slowly descended.

The surface of this sword was covered in thick verdigris, looking as if it would crumble into dross at a single touch.

However, the moment Lu Li gripped the hilt, he felt an ice-cold, heart-palpitating murderous aura rush up his arm straight to his head.

It was a terrifying Sword Intent that could only have been accumulated after slaughtering thousands of armies and killing countless great experts.

“Although it's broken, it can barely be considered a good item. I'll take it back for Father to see.”

Lu Li casually put it into his Storage Ring, clapped his hands, and with a relaxed expression, pushed open the bronze door to the fifth trial and continued forward.

...

Behind the door, the scene suddenly opened up, but it was a violent space filled with the power of the Five Elements, like an apocalypse.

Geng-Metal Qi turned into billions of sharp, peerless sword lights cutting through the Void Realm; Yi-Wood Power turned into poisonous vines that blotted out the sun, dancing frantically.

Gui-Water Power turned into bone-chilling Nine Nether Black Water, surging and roaring.

Bing-Fire Power turned into the Red Lotus Karmic Fire that could burn the heavens and destroy the earth, blazing fiercely.

Wu-Earth Power turned into Ancient Demonic Mountains, as heavy as stars, constantly crashing down.

Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—five extreme energies were frantically strangling and colliding here according to a profound Formation trajectory, endlessly cycling and forming an almost perfect killing loop.

The collision of each energy was enough to make the Void Realm collapse.

“Fifth trial: Five Elements Killing Formation. The Five Elements generate and overcome each other in an endless cycle.

Find the only sliver of the Gate of Life within the Formation to escape.

If you break the Formation by force, you will suffer the backlash of the Five Elements and be destroyed in body and soul.”

The mechanical voice echoed in this violent space.