173: Show-off value +30000

Mo Wentian was slightly startled, then smiled: "Interesting. Then let this Daoist see how this one-in-ten-thousand chance turns into one hundred percent."

He raised his hand, and a Jade Slip floated in the air.

"Heavenly Mystery Deduction—Activate!"

Hum!!!

Countless golden characters emerged from the Jade Slip, weaving into a giant golden web in the air!

That was not a Formation, but... a Web of Heavenly Mystery!

Using the Dao of deduction to spy on the trajectory of fate, predict future changes, and thereby lay out plans in advance to control the entire situation!

"First deduction: Fellow Daoist will dodge to the left in three breaths."

As soon as Mo Wentian finished speaking, the ground beneath Lin Fan's feet suddenly collapsed, and a golden chain drilled out from the underground, piercing directly at the spot where he had been standing!

If he had really dodged to the left, he would have run right into it!

Lin Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, his body did not Move, and he punched out with his right fist!

"Break!"

The golden chain was shattered by that punch!

But Mo Wentian's expression remained unchanged: "Second deduction: Fellow Daoist will counterattack with Fire-type Law in five breaths."

Just as he finished speaking, the Fire-type Law around Lin Fan had just condensed when the space in front of him suddenly cracked open, and a surging flood poured out—Water overcomes Fire!

"Tsk." Lin Fan dissipated the flames and switched to Earth-type Law.

"Third deduction: Fellow Daoist will switch to Earth-type, so..."

The ground suddenly turned into quicksand, and Lin Fan's feet sank in!

Three deductions in a row, calculated step by step!

"Do you see?" Mo Wentian said indifferently, "In front of my Heavenly Mystery Deduction, all your actions are within my expectations."

"No matter what Law you use or what Move you use, I can predict it in advance and set up a method to restrain it."

"This battle, from the very beginning..." "You have already lost."

The audience seats were in an uproar.

"Too terrifying! How can one fight this?!"

"No matter what Lin Fan uses, Mo Wentian can predict and restrain it in advance... How is this even playable?!"

"Heavenly Mystery Deduction, it really lives up to its reputation!"

On the Arena. Lin Fan broke free from the quicksand and brushed the dust off his body.

He looked up at Mo Wentian, a trace of... excitement flashing in his eyes?

"Predict everything? Restrain everything?" "Interesting." "Then what if I..."

He took a deep breath, and the Chaos Prototype within his body began to slowly circulate: "Use something you cannot predict?"

As his voice fell, Lin Fan stepped out! This time, he did not use any single Law. Instead... Chaos!

Gray, misty Chaos Qi spread from around his body, without fixed attributes, without clear Laws, only an aura of returning to simplicity and encompassing all things!

"Hmm?" Mo Wentian frowned slightly. He raised his hand to deduce, and the golden characters on the Jade Slip flickered wildly. But this time... the result of the deduction was pure Chaos!

"Cannot deduce?!" Mo Wentian's expression changed slightly, "The Heavenly Mystery has been obscured!"

"Not obscured," Lin Fan's voice came, "But encompassed."

"Your Heavenly Mystery Deduction is essentially spying on the trajectory of how Laws operate. But what if I am not using Laws..."

Lin Fan held his hands in a void embrace, and the Chaos Qi condensed into a gray, misty ball of light in his palms: "But the source of the Laws?"

"Chaos—Origin Return Palm!"

He pushed out a palm! There was no fixed trajectory, no clear attribute, and even... no "future"! Because Chaos itself is the collection of all possibilities!

Mo Wentian wanted to predict, but the results of the deduction had billions of possibilities, each one different, each one seemingly plausible yet not!

"Damn it!" Mo Wentian revealed a grave expression for the first time. He formed seals with his hands, and the Jade Slip shattered, turning into countless golden characters that formed a huge barrier in front of him!

"Heavenly Mystery Barrier—Immune to All Laws!"

However. The Chaos palm print struck the barrier. There was no explosion, no impact. There was only... a strange scene as if powers from two different dimensions were annihilating each other.

The golden characters began to disintegrate, not by being smashed, but by being assimilated, decomposed, and returned to the Origin by Chaos!

Three breaths later. The Heavenly Mystery Barrier vanished into smoke. The Chaos palm print continued on its path, striking towards Mo Wentian!

"Second calculation—Star Shift, Position Swap!"

Mo Wentian gritted his teeth and pulled his hands sharply! The space of the Arena began to distort, and his position with Lin Fan instantly swapped! This was a Spatial Teleportation technique!

However. Lin Fan didn't even look, and with a backhand, he sent out another palm! The Chaos palm print seemed to have a life of its own, turning in the air and continuing to strike towards Mo Wentian!

"How is this possible?!" Mo Wentian's pupils shrank, "Chaos Law... can actually lock onto the trajectory of fate?!"

"Not locking on," Lin Fan said indifferently, "But encompassing."

"Your fate, your trajectory, your everything... are all within Chaos."

The palm print fell. Mo Wentian wanted to dodge, but discovered that no matter which direction he dodged to, he was within the coverage of the palm print! It was as if this palm had already covered all possibilities!

"I don't believe it!" Mo Wentian roared, and his hands formed the final seal: "Heavenly Mystery Ultimate—Reverse Fate and Change Luck!!!"

Boom!!! He burned his essential blood, forcibly deducing the future, trying to find that one single path of survival!

The Jade Slip fragments spun crazily in the air, deducing billions of possibilities! Then, Mo Wentian saw it—the only trajectory among all possibilities that could dodge this palm!

"Right now!" His figure flashed, and he sped towards that direction!

However. The moment he arrived at that position. The Chaos palm print arrived as well.

"How... is this... possible..." Mo Wentian stared blankly at the palm print on his chest, "I clearly deduced the path of survival..."

"What you deduced was a possibility," Lin Fan retracted his palm, "But Chaos... is all possibilities."

As his voice fell. Bang!!! Mo Wentian flew backward, smashing heavily against the edge of the Arena, spraying blood violently.

His Heavenly Mystery Deduction was completely broken. It was not crushed by a stronger force. But was... encompassed by a more fundamental "Dao".

The whole audience was dead silent. After a long time, the referee announced with a trembling voice: "Arena Number One, Third Match—Lin Fan, wins!!!"

[Ding! Using Chaos to encompass Heavenly Mystery, breaking all deductions, defeating the direct-entry contestant Mo Wentian, prestige value + 30000!] [Current prestige value: 170000 points!]

Four consecutive wins! Defeating four direct-entry contestants in a row! The audience seats were already crazy!

"Lin Fan!!! Lin Fan!!! Lin Fan!!!" The shouts shook the heavens and the earth!

On the high platform, Seventh Master's eyes were full of smiles.

And the remaining two direct-entry contestants—Ao Jin and Shadowless, their expressions were now gloomy to the extreme.

Yue Qingying was on the side, her eyes complex. She knew that the next round... it would be their turn.

Lin Fan walked off the Arena, and this time, his aura was even more steady. After four consecutive battles, his understanding of the Chaos Law was becoming deeper and deeper.

"Master, you..." Jingang stopped mid-sentence. "I'm fine." Lin Fan shook his head, "On the contrary... I'm about to have a Breakthrough."

He felt the increasingly solid Chaos Prototype within his body. After this battle with Mo Wentian, his understanding of "Chaos encompasses all Laws" had deepened by another layer.

Now, the five types of Laws no longer conflicted within his body, but naturally revolved around and merged with the Chaos core. Although there was still a distance to the true Chaos Law, he had already stepped onto the correct path.

"Fifth round of drawing lots, in half an hour," the referee announced. Lin Fan returned to the rest area and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing. In his mind, the System panel appeared.