136: Chapter 136 Re-battle in Emptiness

Chen Mo did not hesitate in the slightest and directly chose Kong Ji.

The light of teleportation rose from beneath his feet. Chen Mo's figure appeared in a dead silent Void Realm.

Deep within the Void Realm, a grey-black figure floated silently.

Compared to last time, the aura of this figure was clearly different. The dead silence in those hollow eyes was deeper, and there was an added trace of real conscious fluctuation.

"Is this the arrival of your main consciousness?" Chen Mo instantly guessed the reason.

Battles in the Trial Tower allow for the synchronous access of main consciousness, enabling one to personally enter the field to verify combat power and also intuitively experience the opponent's System capabilities.

Clearly, after he defeated Kong Ji last time, the other party had taken notice of him, and this time, he was guarding the gate in person.

Realizing this, Chen Mo not only did not feel grave, but the corners of his mouth instead curled into a faint arc.

So what if an Immortal Master has come?

Last time, he was completely suppressed by the Void Domain, but now he had long since seen through the essence of the Kongji Mysterious Body System.

That sense of crisis that once set his alarm bells ringing was now completely gone.

There was no unnecessary probing, no wasted words.

Almost at the same moment the space stabilized, Chen Mo moved his mind slightly, and his Inner World expanded with a boom without any warning.

A white-yellow light Domain spread out from his body, like a star suddenly lighting up in the Void Realm, instantly illuminating the entire dead silent space. Wherever the light Domain passed, all drifting void power was isolated outside.

The dead silence and void field that originally belonged to Kong Ji were forcibly pushed aside, creating a world that belonged to Chen Mo.

The Trial Tower's same-tier restriction was still in effect, and the basic combat power of both sides was calibrated to the baseline of 10,000 points.

However, the "quality" of power was never within the scope of the restriction.

For the first time, a clear look of surprise appeared on Kong Ji's face.

In just ninety days, the opponent's ability had actually completed a leap in hierarchy.

He subconsciously urged his void power, wanting to disperse his power just like last time, assimilate the entire space, and suppress the opponent's perception and energy.

But the next second, he discovered he could not do it.

That layer of white-yellow light Domain was like a wall of bronze and iron.

As soon as his void power touched the boundary of the light Domain, it was firmly blocked by the rules of the Inner World; let alone spreading outward to assimilate, even permeating through his skin became incomparably difficult, and it was forcibly pressed back into his body.

"How is this possible..." Kong Ji's dead silent state of mind rippled for the first time.

His Void Domain was essentially perception coverage and energy dissolution, nearly unsolvable among those of the same tier.

Matter vanished upon contact, energy dissipated upon encounter; how many Prodigies of the same tier could not even make a move before him? Yet before this light Domain of Chen Mo's, his most proud ability could not even be deployed?

The momentum of offense and defense was completely reversed the moment the battle began.

"Take this move from me."

Chen Mo's voice rang calmly through the Void Realm. He did not even move a single step; he merely moved his thoughts, and the massive Hengyuan Force within his Inner World instantly converged, condensing into an extreme beam of light the size of a needle tip.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, only extreme, condensed penetrating power.

Whoosh!

The beam of light tore through the Void Realm, faster than the reaction limit of a fourth-tier lifeform.

Kong Ji's expression changed drastically; he tried his best to urge his void power to block in front of him, the grey mist churning crazily, attempting to dissolve this power into nothingness.

Boom!

Two forces collided violently in the Void Realm, and a dazzling white light erupted instantly.

Kong Ji's void power was indeed strange; the energy at the front of the beam was rapidly dissolving, turning into void.

But this time, the condensation and hierarchy of the Hengyuan Force were no longer what they used to be. Under the blessing of the Inner World, the power was continuous and layered, like a high-pressure water jet hitting thin ice.

The stalemate lasted only for a brief instant.

Crack!

A light sound like a membrane breaking.

The defensive line constructed by the void power was instantly pierced through. The white-yellow beam of light was unstoppable, piercing directly through Kong Ji's shoulder, its remaining momentum undiminished, pinning his entire body fiercely against the transparent boundary of the trial space.

The Void Realm returned to silence.

Kong Ji hung his head, looking at the hole pierced through his shoulder. The grey mist was frantically trying to repair it, but it could not block the Hengyuan Force contained within the beam of light.

He had lost.

The battle, from start to finish, took no more than two breaths.

Chen Mo stood where he was, not having moved a single step.

[Match over. Source Power System, Chen Mo, wins.]

The cold System prompt rang out in the space, and Kong Ji's figure disappeared from the Void Realm.

Billions of light-years away, a trace of brief absent-mindedness flashed in Kong Ji's eyes.

He had lost so quickly, faster than he had expected.

Ninety days, which was just the blink of an eye to him, had actually resulted in a crushing momentum.

A touch of anticipation rose in Kong Ji's heart. His Kongji Mysterious Body System grew stronger the further one went, and the later void power would touch upon the true rules of space.

See you next time, Chen Mo.

Chen Mo's face was without waves; he was not the least bit surprised by this result.

He did not linger much; with a movement of his consciousness, he exited the trial space.

...

Almost at the same moment the ranking was updated, the front of the Spirit Energy Universe exploded into chaos.

Everyone knew that Kong Ji was the "strongest fourth-tier gatekeeper" straddling the threshold of the top 100.

His void power was strange to the extreme; very few people could break it, and those who could not, no matter how strong their strength was, would be firmly blocked outside the top 100.

That was why Kong Ji was widely known.

More importantly, the rewards for the top 100 of the Trial Tower and those outside the top 100 were worlds apart.

Not only were there massive amounts of spirit qi source fluid and high-tier Secret Realm access rights, but more importantly, being able to rank in the top 100 of the fourth-tier Trial Tower meant the founder possessed the potential to reach the sixth tier.

Sixth tier.

The Spirit Energy Universe covers over 18 trillion light-years, with countless living beings and countless types of Systems.

But among the founders, those who could reach the sixth tier were very few. That was a Realm that required touching the level of space rules to reach.

The vast majority of System founders found it difficult to cross that threshold in their entire lives.

Moreover, who knows how many powerhouses stuck behind the 100th place had spent who knows how long grinding against the name Kong Ji, yet could not find a way to break the situation.

But just now, a strange name called "Source Power System · Chen Mo" had jumped directly from 101st place and firmly occupied the 100th position.

"Did I read that right? Kong Ji was beaten down?!"

"Source Power System? I've never heard of it before!"

"Not long ago he just rushed to 101st place; I thought he would be stuck for a few years, but he just went past it directly?"

"System suppression! It must be suppression at the System hierarchy level! Otherwise, it couldn't be this easy."

"Source Power System... the founder is human?"

Discussions spread like a tide in the Public Domain, and powerhouses from countless civilizations noticed this newly promoted top 100 Prodigy.

Some said Chen Mo took an extreme Physical Body path, using force to break skill; some said he mastered Mental Power killing moves, attacking consciousness directly; others were certain that the hierarchy of this Source Power System was far above the Kongji Mysterious Body System.

Everyone was curious about how far this suddenly emerged founder could go.

Top 50?

Or... top 10?

...

Chen Mo did not care about the heated discussions outside.

His gaze was falling on the higher part of the Trial Tower ranking list.

[50th place: Cangyuan Xuanyuan System · Shui Wuhen, current sixth tier]

Cangyuan Xuanyuan System.

Chen Mo was thoughtful.

Water System? Or...?

He did not hesitate.

For him now, as long as the opponent did not have a Domain and did not have means specifically to restrain Hengyuan Force, once his Inner World unfolded, he was invincible at the same tier.

"Challenge."

The light flickered again.

Chen Mo was placed on top of a boundless ocean. The seawater under his feet was as black as ink, bottomless, as if connecting to an endless abyss, and every drop of seawater was as heavy as lead and mercury, emitting a cold and heavy energy aura.

The sky was also a gloomy water color, the whole world filled with water, so oppressive that it made one unable to breathe.

Chen Mo floated above the sea surface, and his Mental Energy instantly spread out.

Three kilometers, thirty kilometers, three hundred kilometers...

Everywhere his perception swept, it was all seawater.

There was no life aura, no energy fluctuation, and no sign of the opponent.

He could not even find a concentrated sign of life.