217: Chapter 217 The Real Trump Card

After obtaining key intelligence from Lei Wanjun, Chen Moxuan became even more determined to eliminate Aaron here.

He still needed a few days to travel back to the Martial Dao.

In this world lacking Spiritual Qi, it was clearly impossible for Lei Wanjun's condition to recover in a short time.

If he didn't take this opportunity while Aaron was weakened by Lei Wanjun to kill him in one blow, but instead chose to flee,

then once the opponent recovered his Origin Qi, there would inevitably be many unpredictable variables in the future.

However, facing Chen Moxuan's words, which clearly carried a provocative tone, Aaron remained unmoved.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a calm smile, his words full of composure:

"1.2 seconds, that is the time it took for you to break free from my restraint."

"Within these 1.2 seconds, I could have killed you twenty times over."

"Under my rules, your attacks cannot even touch a single hair on me. Why not chat for a while? Perhaps we could become friends?"

The death of his companion only caused a momentary ripple in Aaron's heart.

For him, the highest priority had always been completing the revelation.

With Andre dead, if he wanted to kill Chen Moxuan and then take his Soul away separately, it had already become an impossible task.

After all, Aaron did not possess such an ability.

Of course, Aaron could also choose to sever Chen Moxuan's limbs, making him completely lose the ability to resist.

It was just that his current state was poor, and it would be hard to avoid losing control when taking action.

If he accidentally killed the opponent directly, that would be troublesome.

If he could resolve this matter peacefully, that would naturally be best, but the situation had already developed to this point, and Aaron did not hold high hopes for it.

He just wanted to stall for some time, to at least recover some of his depleted Mental Energy and make some preparations.

"Long-winded."

Before Chen Moxuan's words, what responded to Aaron first was the thunder light condensed in his hand.

"Rules are meant to be broken."

Chen Moxuan's figure moved like lightning, rapidly closing in on Aaron, the thunder light in his hand pointing straight at Aaron's heart, his vital point.

Chen Moxuan clearly would not allow Aaron to stall for time.

From the intelligence provided by Lei Wanjun, he already clearly knew that Aaron's close-quarters combat ability was weak.

Moreover, besides the method of spoken commands, Aaron's ability also had a method of writing runes.

The latter's power was stronger than the former's.

He could not give the opponent any preparation time; he needed to find a way to get close to the opponent and kill him in one blow.

"Useless. Freeze."

Facing Chen Moxuan's attack, Aaron didn't even glance at it.

His gaze went straight past everything in front of him, firmly locking onto that piece of void space further ahead, selecting it as the target in his mind, and then decisively cast his Special Ability.

Seeing this, Chen Moxuan's figure, which had originally condensed thunder light to attack Aaron, suddenly dissipated, as if he had evaporated into thin air.

And because Aaron cast his Special Ability to freeze the space, Chen Moxuan, who had originally been hiding in the Void Realm, had to reveal his true form.

In that split second, he had used two Special Abilities in succession.

One was the mental-type Special Ability that previously interfered with others' perception, and the other was [Void Realm], which he had analyzed from the A-Rank Hero Void Man he had fought before.

[Void Realm] could open an entrance to a void space, where the movement distance inside was exactly the same as in the real world, and it could also open an exit a few meters wide at a relatively far location.

Previously, Void Man had also used this Special Ability, achieving the effect of changing the direction of attacks by opening entrances and exits.

This method of use could only be achieved when the user was inside the void space.

Moreover, there were very few situations where this method could be applied; that void space was very fragile, and if the attack energy entering it was too high, it would very likely collapse directly.

Precisely because of this, back then, Void Man at best only coordinated with Stone Statue Man, using [Void Realm] to transfer those rock fragments of his.

When the rock fragments transferred through [Void Realm] and quietly arrived above Chen Moxuan's head, Stone Statue Man would seize the opportunity, cast his Special Ability in one breath, and instantly enlarge those fragments into sharp rock cones.

Therefore, this time, Chen Moxuan was using [Void Realm] as a means of surprise and rapid movement.

But unfortunately, Aaron had long been on guard against Chen Moxuan.

Chen Moxuan's mental interference was seen through after lasting only a split second against his vigilance, and Chen Moxuan's act of hiding into [Void Realm] was also clearly captured by him.

The Special Abilities of every natural-born Transcendent were actually just constantly cycling.

They seemed varied, but in reality, for Aaron, who had a lifespan of thousands of years, it was just old wine in new bottles.

Coupled with the fact that Aaron was responsible for the registration of Transcendent across the country, he knew the Special Abilities of every Transcendent like the back of his hand.

When he discovered that the Special Abilities Chen Moxuan cast almost all came from heroes in District G, those pieces of intelligence were already recalled in his mind.

Knowing the effects of these Special Abilities, Aaron could cast his own Special Ability to affect the opponent through clear imagination.

Seeing that the surprise attack was already useless, Chen Moxuan mobilized all his strength, his body trembled violently, and he spent one second exerting all his might to break free from Aaron's restraint.

After breaking free from the restraint, Chen Moxuan did not pause for a second, continuing to step forward.

But this one second of time was enough for Aaron to speak again and use a Special Ability:

"Are you trying to contend with me?"

"It's just a waste of effort. Freeze!"

In Aaron's view, every time Chen Moxuan forcibly broke free from his restraint, he would inevitably expend a large amount of strength and consume a huge amount of physical energy.

Compared to that, the Mental Energy he spent to freeze Chen Moxuan was not much.

If he did it a few more times, it would definitely be Chen Moxuan who became exhausted.

Although he was a bit puzzled, he was happy for it to be this way.

Once Chen Moxuan exhausted his own strength, he could capture Chen Moxuan without any effort.

Just as Aaron was thinking this, preparing to freeze Chen Moxuan again when he expended strength to break free from the restraint.

This time, the moment Chen Moxuan's figure was frozen, two phantom images sprang out from him, one on the left and one on the right, continuing to attack Aaron.

"Hmph, still want to use this Move!" Aaron's gaze suddenly tightened.

He suddenly extended his left hand, which had been hidden behind his back, and on his index finger was connected a blue rune.

In reality, there was an extremely short interval in the application of Aaron's ability.

This interval was the time he used specific words to precisely clarify the content of his own imagination.

Ultimately, his ability stemmed from the influence that the rules he imagined had on the real world.

Whether he silently conceived the relevant words in his heart before whispering them, or wrote down the rules, it was essentially to further reinforce this imagination.

His imagination required many details; it was not just a picture.

Simply put, he needed to set a series of parameters such as the target object, the range of influence, the resulting effect, and so on.

Then, like a puzzle, he had to piece these parameters together into the final effect he imagined, and execute it through a final command.

If he rashly used his ability before the imagined rules were clear, he would very likely face a situation where the ability failed, or even suffer backlash from the ability.

Precisely because of this, Aaron had set a strict restriction for himself from the beginning:

He must imagine a complete and clear rule for the ability to take effect.

When encountering sudden situations or things outside his plan, if Aaron could not construct a clear and unambiguous rule in his mind for a moment, it would be difficult for him to successfully cast his ability.

Otherwise, he could have completely frozen the Overlord phantom summoned by Chen Moxuan after freezing Chen Moxuan's main body, thereby easily saving Andre.

However, runes written in advance were different.

The moment the writing was completed, the rule formula was already determined without doubt.

Like a programmed machine, it only needed to be activated when used to function smoothly.

Even if an unexpected situation was encountered and his brain became sluggish for a moment, it would not affect the activation of the Special Ability.

When Chen Moxuan killed Andre, Aaron had long been prepared, having written a 'Slash' character in advance; he only needed to activate it to instantly cast the Special Ability.

"As expected, it is better to make you lose your combat ability first!"

The rune's light flared brilliantly, turning into a huge crescent blade radiating a frigid, cold light, and struck forward.

Chen Moxuan's two Overlord phantoms instantly turned the color of gold and iron, their hands quickly crossed and pressed tightly against their chests, colliding towards the crescent blade.

"Clang."

A crisp and loud sound suddenly rang out, as if the hardest metal in the world had collided.

The two Overlord phantoms and the crescent blade fell into a stalemate for a moment, both struggling to resist.

However, the crescent blade's power was ultimately superior; it slashed through the chests of both Overlord phantoms, its momentum slightly reduced, and continued to hack towards Chen Moxuan's body, which was still unable to Move.

Seeing that he could not break free from Aaron's restraint in time, Chen Moxuan immediately erupted with thunder light all over his body, and [Thunder God Battle Method] was activated once again.

Under the blessing of the Power of Heaven and Earth, Chen Moxuan in the [Thunder God Battle Method] state also had a clear difference from before.

The blue light surrounding him became more brilliant and pure, and streaks of blue electric patterns emerged on his skin like agile swimming dragons.

His speed and strength were further enhanced.

With the secret technique's blessing, Chen Moxuan broke free from the restraint at the last moment, but it was still a step too late.

"Pfft."

Accompanied by the sound of a blade slicing through a human body, an arm flashing with eerie thunder light was sent flying.

Although Chen Moxuan narrowly avoided his vital points, he ultimately could not completely dodge the attack.

His eyes turned cold, ignoring the pain of his severed arm, his footsteps did not pause at all, and he rapidly closed in on Aaron.

"To think he was still hiding a hand. This guy's goal is to engage in close-quarters combat with me!" Aaron was shocked in his heart.

Chen Moxuan had just used only 0.2 seconds to break free from his restraint.

This guy had been deliberately pretending all this time, constantly feigning that he was exerting all his might to break free from his restraint.

Only until now did he suddenly use this hidden ultimate Move, clearly wanting to make him lower his guard and seize the opportunity to quickly get close.

Creating an opportunity for close-quarters combat with him was this guy's goal.

Aaron instantly understood Chen Moxuan's plan; he was, after all, not a Martial Artist, and being engaged in close-quarters combat by Chen Moxuan, who had activated his secret technique, he had no energy left to use his Special Ability.

Given Chen Moxuan's current speed and the distance between him and Aaron, he still had one chance to cast the 'Freeze' character technique.

But even if he could freeze Chen Moxuan for another 0.2 seconds, after that, the interval before casting the next Special Ability would definitely let Chen Moxuan find an opportunity to close in.

Aaron made a judgment in an instant; this time, the Special Ability could not be used to freeze the opponent, but rather to defend himself.

"Defend."

A layer of blue light shield instantly appeared in front of Aaron.

This light shield could withstand even Lei Wanjun's attacks for a bit, so he figured that no matter what Moves Chen Moxuan had, it would be difficult to break through this shield's protection and harm him in the slightest.

Moreover, as long as Chen Moxuan hit this light shield, he could take advantage of the impact to put some distance between himself and the opponent.

However, completely different from what Aaron imagined, a mysterious and dazzling golden rune suddenly appeared in Chen Moxuan's hand.

In an instant, Aaron's seemingly indestructible light shield quickly melted, as if the rule power inside had directly dissipated into nothingness, allowing Chen Moxuan's attack to pass straight through.

Divine Ability [Gui Zhen].

Chen Moxuan's expression tightened, and he silently recited the source of the power of the golden rune in his palm.

After he broke through to the Spirit Ascension Realm, the other part of the Qitian Stone Divine Ability he obtained at the Land of Inheritance, [Gui Zhen], was unlocked.

He immediately understood what kind of Divine Ability this was.

If [Po Yuan] could manage to break through and understand the mysteries of all laws in the world, and discern their essential essence.

Then [Gui Zhen] was to restore these laws of heaven and earth to their original form, completely destroying the techniques hidden within the attack, and causing the energy to return to its most primitive and pure state.

Casting [Gui Zhen] also had a prerequisite: one must first use the [Po Yuan] Divine Ability to discern the mysteries of the techniques contained within the enemy's attack.

Back then, Fighting Emperor Qitian Stone relied precisely on his unique [Po Yuan Gui Zhen] Divine Ability to suppress all races in the world.

The same Move, as long as it failed to defeat him, would be completely ineffective against Qitian Stone the second time.

But this was, after all, not a Divine Ability that Chen Moxuan himself had comprehended, and in Chen Moxuan's hands, it could not exert its complete and peerless effectiveness.

Wanting to be like Qitian Stone, discerning all laws in one go, and then being immune to all laws, he was still far from being able to do that.

But after his Breakthrough, the performance of the [Po Yuan] Divine Ability had also been significantly improved compared to before.

If once wasn't enough, he would just do it a few more times.

While resisting Aaron's control many times, Chen Moxuan had already quietly cast the [Po Yuan] Divine Ability multiple times, attempting to crack the secret of his Special Ability.

Coupled with the full auxiliary calculations of [All-Things Calculation], although there was still a long way to go before completely discerning the full picture of Aaron's Special Ability, and he could not completely ignore Aaron's Special Ability.

But at this critical moment, tearing open a gap sufficient for his fist to pass through smoothly was already enough.

From the beginning of the battle until now, everything Chen Moxuan had done was to create the perfect opportunity to unleash his true trump card!

At this moment, the brilliant and dazzling thunder light all over Chen Moxuan's body suddenly dissipated without a trace, and not a single ripple of power fluctuated around him.

He withdrew all his power and threw out an extremely simple and unadorned punch.

But that seemingly ordinary punch, the moment it hit Aaron, the true power hidden within it erupted with a roar!

This was a blow that gathered all his existing understanding of Martial Dao, integrated the finesse of several Special Abilities, pushed the destructive power to the limit he could achieve, and was a strike that could only be released once, gambling all his own strength.

This return to simplicity strike was named [Ultimate Style · Break].

The brilliant and magnificent fist light rose suddenly like a scorching sun, instantly swallowing Aaron's figure completely.