207: Chapter 207 Advancing to the Eighth Tier! I choose—Reward ③!

Lu Chen's roar was like the final spark igniting a powder keg; he activated the [beast god medal] without hesitation!

Hum!

An invisible aura of divine valor spread out from him as the center, and in an instant, the cooldowns of all skills and equipment effects reset to zero!

"Roar!"

Great Green, the Azure Dragon, who had already been poised for action, had his Azure Wood Divine Thunder raging with unprecedented violence. His dragon body coiled, and [Azure Wood Divine Thunder · Thousand Spears] was no longer a mere rain, but transformed into a destructive forest of thunder, crashing down upon Aibosi!

"Awoo!"

The Void-Eye White Tiger, Second, transformed into a bolt of void-white lightning that tore through space and time. With [Time Void Eye Domain] fully deployed, it solidified the chaotic light and dark space, and [White Tiger Myriad Void Claws] struck down with the determination to annihilate everything!

"Screech!"

The Abyssal Vermilion Bird, Third, let out a long cry. Its profound Abyssal Fire fused with its crimson flames to the extreme. With wings spread in fury, a [Void Flame Vortex] capable of burning everything to ash swallowed her up!

The [Vortex Explosion] of the Fourth, the Giant Whirlpool Alligator Turtle; the [Absolute Zero Ice Spear] of the Fifth, the Bone-Eroding Ice Demon Ant; the [War Stomp] of the Sixth, the Earth-Splitting Demon Mastiff, along with its countless Clones...

Every main beast pet, at this moment, held nothing back, pouring out their strongest attacks!

"Damn it! Let's fight to the death! Void Annihilation Wave!"

Even Monge, with his withered aura and broken body, forcibly summoned his final strength, burning his remaining Origin to spit out a dark purple breath that twisted the Void Realm and annihilated matter!

The radiance of Lu Chen's Forbidden Spell, the powerful offensive skills of his beast pets, Monge's Void Realm power...

Everything converged into an indescribable light of destruction, drowning out the vision, swallowing the sound, and becoming the only melody within the Colosseum!

Aibosi attempted to mobilize the power of Yin and Yang, but having had all her recovery and buffs completely suppressed by [Divine Light Break], she was like a dragon stripped of its claws and fangs, forced to endure the onslaught with her final 10% HP!

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The collision of energy exceeded all limits. The ground of the Colosseum, which had remained undamaged through the ages, shattered inch by inch. The invisible space barrier emitted a shrill, mournful sound, as if it were glass about to shatter under the unbearable pressure!

At the center of the destruction, Aibosi's figure was continuously torn apart and dissolved within the endless radiance...

Ten seconds... thirty seconds... one minute...

The frenzied bombardment lasted for a full ten minutes!

When the last trace of energy ripples hissed and dissipated in the air, a true, deathly silence fell upon the Colosseum.

Lu Chen gasped slightly, deactivating his Dragon transformation. His face was pale from exhaustion, but his back remained straight as a lance that would never bend.

His gaze was like a torch, staring intently at the center of the explosion.

There, the raging energy slowly subsided. A figure re-condensed, only to immediately begin turning into countless shimmering points of light, like a candle in the wind, slowly dissipating.

Aibosi had returned to her original human form, dressed in simple, elegant robes.

On her face, the indifference of a god looking down upon all living things was gone, replaced by a smile that was complex and hard to decipher, yet filled with relief and appreciation.

She looked at Lu Chen, her gaze seemingly piercing through his Soul.

"To commit an act of god-slaying with a mortal body... Although you are Heaven-Defying, if you were to face my true form, you would still have no chance of victory."

The calm words struck Lu Chen's heart like a thunderclap.

Lu Chen's pupils contracted sharply: "What? You... are a Clone?"

"Correct!"

Aibosi's figure became increasingly ethereal, but her voice remained clear and ethereal, echoing in the silent Colosseum: "This is merely a Clone of mine!"

She nodded slightly, her gaze seeming to pierce through the barriers of the Colosseum, seeing into the infinitely distant future.

"However, you have done very well, little one. You are the first existence to defeat this Clone of mine head-on."

"Your potential, your will, are worthy of praise."

The points of light accelerated as they drifted away, and Aibosi's voice took on a misty quality.

"Strive to grow stronger! Little one, perhaps we... will meet again in the future."

The words lingered, drifting away with the wind.

Aibosi's figure completely transformed into a sky full of brilliant points of light, like a dancing galaxy, eventually returning to nothingness.

The final [domain fragment] slowly drifted down from the air.

Lu Chen reached out and steadily caught the tenth fragment.

It felt slightly heavy in his hand, and a vast intent of the Domain flooded into his mind.

There was no expected notification about absorbing divine blood; clearly, the Clone did not contain the blood of a true god.

He looked at the place where Aibosi had vanished, taking a deep breath of the air filled with the scent of scorching and destruction, suppressing the overwhelming shock in his heart.

"Such ancient gods... are truly despairingly powerful. It seems that there are huge gaps even between gods!"

He sighed softly. This time, he had personally experienced the chasm-like gap between himself and those truly ancient existences standing at the Peak of the era.

A mere Clone had pushed him to his limits, forcing him to exhaust all his trump cards. How terrifying must the true body be?

Between gods!

What kind of Rank differences exist?

"Big... Big Brother... I... I have to go back to sleep... This time, the exhaustion is too great..."

Monge's extremely weak voice came intermittently.

Its massive body was already as transparent as a phantom, its aura as weak as a thread.

Lu Chen composed himself and looked at Monge, his eyes solemn and sincere: "Go, Monge! I will surely repay this life-saving favor in the future!"

"Heh... just remember... remember to compensate me, Big Brother..."

Monge struggled to pull at the corners of its mouth, wanting to smile, but it aggravated its wounds, causing it to wince in pain. Finally, it turned into a faint stream of light and submerged into the slowly closing summoning rift.

Just as the rift completely disappeared—

Hum!

Above the Colosseum, a golden pillar of light, incomparably pure and containing vast, peerless power of rules, seemed to break through the constraints of space and time and descended with a boom!

The pillar of light precisely enveloped Lu Chen. Warm, vast power containing infinite vitality rushed madly into his limbs and bones, scouring his Meridians, and baptizing his Soul!

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the ten-round Colosseum challenge, collecting ten domain fragments, and obtaining the SSS-Rank perfect Domain — Infinite Beast Domain!]

[Ding! Beginning Rank 8 Breakthrough baptism!]

Surging power rushed through his body, and his level of life underwent a leap! His attributes were growing crazily, and his understanding of rules was rapidly improving!

He didn't know how much time had passed; it felt like an instant, yet also like ten thousand years.

The golden pillar of light slowly dissipated.

Lu Chen's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened. Deep within his pupils, phantoms of ten thousand beasts seemed to flash by. An aura far more vast, majestic, and unfathomable than when he was Rank 7, like a sleeping ancient Vicious Beast, slowly awakened and permeated the air!

Rank 8!

It was done!

[Ding! Because you perfectly completed the Rank 8 Breakthrough quest, you may choose one of the following three rewards:]

[Reward ①: Obtain an SSS-Rank hidden class scroll: Reincarnation Tamer, Five Elements Tamer, or Yin and Yang Tamer, choose one!]

[Reward ②: Obtain Yamata no Orochi Divine Beast egg X1!]

[Reward ③: Obtain the Beast Tamer Rank 8 Fusion Divine Skill [Yin and Yang Dragon Star] and the Secret Beast Divine Skill [Heart-Mind Unity]!]

Looking at the three options shimmering with alluring light before him, Lu Chen's eyes flickered as he fell into deep thought.

Hidden classes were good, but their compatibility with his own [Infinite Evolution] talent was unknown.

The Yamata no Orochi Divine Beast egg had infinite potential, but there was still that same problem: he could not contract it.

And the power of the [Yin and Yang Dragon Star] and [Heart-Mind Unity] skills, he had experienced personally; they were terrifying killer moves capable of instantly turning the tide of battle...

A moment later,

A flash of decisiveness crossed his eyes.

"I choose — Reward ③!"