390: Burn through everything!
The moment Lin Tianwei chose to clash head-on, this battle ceased to be about skill and completely devolved into a pure collision of power.
It was a pure power collision between Lin Tianwei and the entire desert.
No beast would believe that Lin Tianwei’s frail body could win in a pure power struggle, after all, the boundless white sand was simply too much.
So much that it was enough to completely bury thousands upon thousands of Lin Tianweis.
Three days.
Ten days.
One month!
As time passed, this Arena finally showed signs of a victor, and Luosha had lost his initial composure.
Before him, two-thirds of the fists condensed from white sand had vanished.
In contrast, the terrifying Flames on his opponent, named “Lin,” showed no signs of extinguishing.
From start to finish, these terrifying Flames hadn’t even flickered, steadily burning the seemingly endless white sand, as if they had no limit.
Luosha felt that the Flames of Destruction were not only burning away the white sand but also his confidence.
Watching the gradually diminishing white sand before him, Luosha also gradually felt the threat of death.
It was as if he had returned to the past, to a time when he didn’t yet possess the special ability of sand transformation.
That feeling of powerlessness when facing a powerful opponent even made Luosha’s body tremble slightly, shaking off countless grains of white sand and emitting a rustling tremor.
As despair gradually eroded his entire body, Luosha couldn’t help but murmur:
“Why is this completely different from what I imagined? Shouldn’t I be crushing my opponent with overwhelming force?”
“Why won’t ‘Lin’ die? Why is ‘Lin’ so tenacious?”
“Why would I, who possesses an entire desert, fail in such a pure contest of strength? This is simply unscientific!”
“What’s the point of wasting time here with me? Wouldn’t it be more meaningful to go find other Cosmic Beasts to compete against sooner?”
“Why can’t you just let me go and bother other Cosmic Beasts?”
Completely overpowered by Lin Tianwei, Luosha’s defenses shattered, and he became incredibly resentful.
As excited as he was at the start of the Arena, he was now just as miserable.
“Vance!”
Luosha gnashed his teeth and roared out these two words.
If it weren’t for Vance’s comments, his cautious self would never have fallen for such a trap and encountered this bully, Lin Tianwei.
Once this Arena was over, he would definitely go and “thank” the other party properly.
No sooner said than done.
Just as Luosha was lost in thought, a massive palm, traversing countless spaces, arrived in an instant and slapped Luosha hard across the face.
It struck Luosha’s face, which was condensed from sand, causing it to explode directly into a flurry of white sand.
The terrifying Flames of Destruction immediately began to erode Luosha’s essence, inflicting fatal damage even on his sand body.
To be distracted while facing Lin Tianwei directly, even the King of Hell would have to commend Luosha’s audacity.
As the sand binding Lin Tianwei was increasingly consumed by the Flames of Destruction, Lin Tianwei had, in fact, long possessed the ability to break through the giant sand fist.
The reason he hadn’t broken through directly was simply to find a way to instantly kill Luosha.
It must be said that Luosha’s ability to completely merge himself into the white sand was extremely troublesome, at least very difficult to kill.
If Luosha intended to hide, Lin Tianwei would even have to burn the entire desert to win this Arena.
This was also why Lin Tianwei chose to break the situation with brute force.
Since it was destined to be done, why not do it directly while he was still full of energy?
Luosha cast a reluctant glance at Lin Tianwei, who was now almost within reach, and finally gave up struggling, allowing the Flames of Destruction to completely engulf him.
“Lin’s” strength was too great; he simply couldn’t contend with him.
Instead of continuing to struggle, it was better to accept his fate early and embrace his death with equanimity.
Of course, this was also mainly because true death does not occur in the Law Arena.
Otherwise, Luosha would definitely have fought with everything he had, making a final struggle.
“Ding, congratulations on successfully killing your opponent and winning this Arena.”
“This Arena’s attack rating is: S, Flames burn all!”
“This Arena’s defense rating is: A, the opponent was truly a persistent little imp, almost draining your stamina.”
“Ding, since your opponent’s strength exceeded yours by two major stages, this Arena’s overall rating will increase by two levels.”
“Ding, your final Arena overall rating is: S, enjoy a 500% point bonus.”
“Ding, after calculation, you have received a total of 1.5 million points for winning this Arena (base points 5000 * SS-level rating bonus 500% * Purgatory difficulty bonus 5000% * personal excellent rating bonus * 120%).”
...“Ding, congratulations to the host for killing a new target.”
“Ding, Talent extraction successful. Host has obtained Talent: Core Code (Extraordinary) (Incomplete) (8 / 10000).”
“Note: Congratulations to the host. Talent: Core Code (Extraordinary) (Incomplete) collection progress has reached 13 / 10000.”
...“Ding, your rating and ranking have been updated and can be viewed through the panel.”
“Name: Lin.
Age: 26 years old.
Strength: Cosmic Level Seven.
Ranking: 23W+.
Points: Ten million+.
Rating: Excellent (Challenge Points + 50%).
Note: Incredible, you actually completed a five-win streak while choosing the highest difficulty.”
Although Lin Tianwei won this Arena, the points he gained were not much due to a low Arena score, but this was understandable.
As Lin Tianwei’s rating and ranking gradually improved, with the Overlay of the three difficulty buffs, the opponents he faced would also become stronger, and the Arena difficulty would increase daily.
It would be extremely difficult to achieve overwhelming victories as he did at the very beginning.
In the end, Lin Tianwei would still have to rely on diligent effort, continuously participating in Arenas to earn and accumulate points.
Thinking of this, Lin Tianwei added several more Talent templates to his body, ensuring he could calmly deal with various adverse situations.
Although Lin Tianwei won this battle, it also made him realize his shortcomings.
While his current strength was sufficient to continue, achieving high Arena ratings would be extremely difficult.
Even for the sake of earning points, Lin Tianwei would not allow himself to hold back in the Arena.
After completing all of this, Lin Tianwei didn’t hesitate and initiated Arena matching again.
He had always been a diligent tiger, seizing every minute and second to make himself stronger.
Moreover, this level of Arena simply couldn’t make Lin Tianwei feel tired; it only made his blood boil, eager to participate in the next Arena... Sweat soaked Luosha’s body, making him look utterly disheveled.
At this moment, Luosha had exited his sand body state, returning to his original flesh and blood body.
If it weren’t for the Core Code, which allowed him to cheat in the Law Arena, he would never have been able to transform into the terrifying sand body.
Although he had left the Arena, Lin Tianwei’s power still left an indelible shadow on him, leaving him unable to recover for a long time.
After a while, Luosha finally came to his senses and angrily opened Vance’s post, immediately intending to let the other party witness his ability to spew insults a hundred times a second.
However, Vance had already anticipated the terrible backlash he would face after posting, and had directly set his post to disallow replies.
This left Luosha’s burning anger with no outlet, almost causing him internal injuries from suppression.
Ultimately, he could only indignantly reward Vance one point, with the note:
“Great beast, OP, your information was very useful to me.”
“It made me once again realize that I should never believe the nonsense on forum posts.”
As soon as he thought that other Cosmic Beasts might also be tricked by this post, Luosha’s mood improved considerably.
At least this way, he wouldn’t be the only Cosmic Beast who got hurt.
Sharing joy like this was simply wonderful!
In fact, Vance had the same thought.
Upon seeing Luosha’s reward note, he almost burst out laughing, and even the shadow of being abused by Lin Tianwei dissipated quite a bit.
He felt that sharing such happiness with other Cosmic Beasts was simply wonderful... In the management office.
Yoris frowned as he looked at the newly received message, his eyes filled with incomprehension.
Just now, he had received a system notification that “Lin” had completed a five-win streak.
It was a five-win streak at the highest difficulty, and every Arena score was above S-rank.
One Arena even reached an SSS-rank score, which was rare even in the Law Arena.
He knew that after he marked him, Lin Tianwei’s subsequent Arenas would be doubly difficult, and he would encounter Cosmic Beasts who were also cheaters.
Thinking of this, Yoris once again checked everything that had happened to Lin Tianwei.
Soon, he was shocked by the large number of Extraordinary-level and above Talent templates attached to Lin Tianwei, and he involuntarily said:
“How is this possible?”
“Even for a reincarnator, so many powerful Talents are simply outrageous.”
“Is this really a normal Cosmic Beast?”
Having Talent and comprehending Law were two completely different matters; each powerful Talent template meant that Lin Tianwei might possess an even more powerful template in the real world.
It was hard to imagine that all these powerful Talents belonged to the same Cosmic Beast, and how terrifying this Cosmic Beast’s strength would be in reality.
However, what shocked Yoris even more was yet to come.
When he saw that Lin Tianwei had comprehended an Extraordinary-level Talent template: Mental Reinforcement, after only comprehending a thousand Law Books (Mental), the shock in Yoris’s heart was simply beyond words.
The reason Law Books were not that expensive was naturally because their effect was not as good as imagined.
Even the description only stated that they could slightly enhance the comprehendor’s understanding of a certain Law.
Let alone a thousand Law Books, an ordinary Cosmic Beast might not even obtain a high-level Talent template even if it comprehended ten thousand Law Books.
Not to mention that Lin Tianwei had comprehended Mental Law, one of the most difficult Laws.
This kind of Law comprehension ability was at least an A-rank potential candidate.
Was he putting on an act, or did he truly possess extraordinary Law comprehension ability?
Yoris’s mind was filled with thoughts, but he couldn’t find an answer.
Reason told him that, judging from Lin Tianwei’s unpretentious cheating behavior before, he couldn’t possibly deliberately waste over a year acting for him.
But reason also told Yoris that a normal Cosmic Beast could not possibly possess such formidable Law comprehension ability.
After much deliberation, Yoris finally decided to give up focusing on other potential candidates and instead turned his attention to Lin Tianwei, the cheater.
Heavensea God-King’s original intention in establishing the Law Arena was to cultivate powerful Cosmic Beasts.
The Law Arena’s standard for measuring whether a Cosmic Beast was powerful was different from elsewhere; it didn’t look at strength, but purely at the ability to comprehend Law.
This was also why the Law Arena provided a body template with a constant upper limit.
In this situation, the role of Talent templates could then be highlighted,
forcing all Cosmic Beasts connected to the Law Arena to comprehend Law, understand Law, and obtain more powerful Talent templates.
The only reason for screening potential candidates in this way was that Heavensea God-King wanted to cultivate not ordinary Cosmic Beasts, but Cosmic Beasts with the potential to become immortal powerhouses.
This also corresponded to the phrase the Law Arena always said: “May you achieve immortality soon.”
Because to achieve immortality, Law is a hurdle that can never be bypassed.
Only with strong enough Law comprehension can one break through the barrier of a Domain Lord and achieve the promotion from Domain Lord to Immortal.
Unlike the parasitic cheaters of the Law Arena,
potential candidates are the names given to Cosmic Beasts with extraordinary Law comprehension abilities and immense potential.
They are the key training targets of the Law Arena, and their treatment is completely different from that of cheaters.
Not only are they not targeted by the matching mechanism, but they are favored by it, enjoying many privileges.
Once Yoris confirmed that Lin Tianwei was a potential candidate, his attitude towards Lin Tianwei would also change, listing him as a key training target and investing more attention.
However, confirming a potential candidate was completely different from rashly confirming a cheater; the entire process was very rigorous and required multiple confirmations from observers.
So Yoris decided to observe Lin Tianwei for a while longer, until he confirmed that Lin Tianwei was indeed a potential candidate, or that the extraordinary Law comprehension ability he displayed was merely a disguise of a despicable cheater.
The Law Arena had existed for too long, and many secrets were unknown to most Cosmic Beasts, but crystal clear to a very small number of Cosmic Beasts.
So Yoris had to confirm that this extraordinary Law comprehension ability was not Lin Tianwei’s disguise, not his disguise to obtain potential candidate qualifications... In the waiting room.
Lin Tianwei didn’t know that his excellent performance had already caught Yoris’s attention; at this moment, he was patiently waiting for the next Arena match.
However, because Lin Tianwei was simply too powerful, it was difficult to match him with a suitable opponent, and as expected, he once again received a match failed notification.
Looking at the familiar prompt, Lin Tianwei sighed and said, “Can’t such a vast Law Arena find a few evenly matched opponents?”
“Law Arena, force a match, let me see your limits!” (End of chapter)
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