436: Chapter 436 We absolutely cannot let him take away our superpowers!

Immediately after, Jiang You clenched his right fist, channeled power from his waist, and threw a simple, unadorned straight punch carrying the destructive force of an extinguishing star, smashing it ruthlessly toward Xue Yin's chest!

Sensing the terrifying fluctuations on this punch that were enough to obliterate everything, the puppet Xue Yin's combat instincts triggered instantly.

*Pfft!*

At the absolute critical moment, just as the fist was about to make contact with his chest...

Xue Yin's body actively collapsed once more, turning into an intangible cloud of blood mist.

Jiang You's star-powered punch, which was powerful enough to blow apart a mountaintop, passed straight through the blood mist, hitting nothing but empty air.

Evading physical damage through blood mist dispersion and reconstruction.

This was also Xue Yin's most troublesome life-saving divine technique.

Although dispersing and reconstructing consumed a massive amount of his own essence blood and vitality every time, this move was practically an absolute defense when facing fatal attacks.

*Swish!*

The blood mist rapidly condensed over a dozen meters away from Jiang You's side. Xue Yin's pale face emerged once more as he prepared to condense blood arrows to counterattack.

"You dodge pretty fast."

Jiang You withdrew his fist and turned his head expressionlessly. Within his eyes, which reflected starlight, deep blue light began to spin frantically once more!

"But did you really think my eyes were just for show?"

[Eye of Tianshu], predictive lock-on!

In the mere 0.01 seconds when Xue Yin's body had just dispersed into mist...

The blue light deep within Jiang You's eyes had already clearly outlined the precise coordinates of his next reconstruction!

With a cheat-like head-locking auto-aim function, the movement technique Xue Yin was so proud of was so slow in Jiang You's eyes that it looked like a slideshow.

"Rise."

Jiang You's lips parted slightly.

Xue Yin had just condensed his physical form and his feet hadn't even settled yet.

Suddenly, the calm black space beneath his feet erupted!

Several ink-colored chains, as tough as refined steel, emerged from the void without warning, tightly binding Xue Yin's ankles and waist!

"Roar!"

Firmly pinned in place by the Ink Cloud Chains, Xue Yin let out an angry roar. He was just about to consume more essence blood to turn into blood mist and force his escape...

But this time, Jiang You didn't give him the slightest chance.

*Bang!*

A black afterimage flashed past.

Jiang You had already teleported in front of the immobilized Xue Yin. His right hand, carrying the star-annihilating death light, threw a heavy punch that smashed squarely into Xue Yin's pale face!

*Boom!*

This single punch caved in and collapsed half of Xue Yin's face, sending blood spraying everywhere.

*Bang! Bang! Bang!*

There were no fancy moves—only fist meeting flesh, an incredibly brutal, one-sided beatdown!

Jiang You grabbed Xue Yin's long hair with his left hand while his right hand blurred into afterimages. He rained punch after punch, like beating a punching bag, frantically pouring them onto this once-mighty leader of the Blood Cult.

One punch shattered his jaw; two punches collapsed his sternum.

You dare to disperse and flee?

Jiang You's eyes had already predicted the time and location of Xue Yin's next reconstruction, and he was already waiting there in advance.

The moment Xue Yin dared to condense even half a cell, he would be greeted by a full-force punch that had been prepared long ago, instantly blasting the newly emerging Xue Yin back into a fine mist.

Faced with this utterly ruthless, mythic-grade combo, the grand late-stage Tier Six peerless devil Xue Yin, who possessed an Innate Divine Ability, was beaten into a completely helpless punching bag.

It was truly a beating that left him utterly speechless.

A dozen meters away, Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan, who had been clutching the wound of his severed arm, watched Xue Yin being frantically thrashed in midair like a swatted fly. The last trace of hope he harbored was utterly crushed into dust.

The strongest demon soul puppet he was so proud of couldn't even touch the hem of Jiang You's clothes!

If he kept watching helplessly like this, once the essence blood and vitality in Xue Yin's body were completely drained, the next one to be beaten into minced meat would definitely be himself!

"Damn it! Damn it all!"

Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan ground his teeth to pieces, swallowing the blood welling up in his throat.

Even though he was terrified to his core, he was forced to join this one-sided slaughter.

"Get the hell away from him!"

Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan let out a roar like a trapped beast and violently thrust his remaining left hand forward.

A terrifying dark-green devilish qi dragon shadow instantly surged from his body, letting out a deafening roar as it crashed ruthlessly toward Jiang You's back like Mount Tai crushing down!

At the same time, enduring the excruciating pain of his severed arm, Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan transformed into a streak of green poison mist, attempting to flank Jiang You and launch a pincer attack alongside Xue Yin.

However, this 'relieving the besieged by attacking the besieger' tactic that he deemed perfect was, in Jiang You's eyes—which glowed with deep blue light—as slow as an old shadow puppet play on rewind.

"Scram."

Jiang You didn't even turn his head, coldly spitting out a single word.

He swept his left leg backward, and the churning ink clouds beneath his feet instantly transformed into an indestructible black giant shield, forcefully blocking the impact of the devilish qi dragon shadow.

*Bang!*

Amidst the dull thud of the impact, the black dragon phantom let out a wail, its massive body actually blasted backward by the shockwave.

Immediately after, utilizing the momentum from his waist, the miniature star on Jiang You's right fist shone brilliantly. Carrying the death light of annihilation, he threw a heavy punch toward Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan, who was launching a sneak attack from the flank!

*Boom!*

Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan didn't even see how Jiang You turned around before feeling as if his chest had been hit head-on by a high-speed heavy train.

The crisp sound of his sternum snapping was clearly audible in this enclosed space.

Screaming, he flew backward, plowing a deep trench dozens of meters long into the ink-cloud ground, rolling over a dozen times before barely coming to a halt.

*Cough... Bleah!*

Lying prone on the ground, Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan violently spat out a large mouthful of black blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs.

He admitted it. He regretted it.

He admitted that the moment he felt the support of the Great Zhou's national destiny, he had indeed become a bit overconfident.

He had severely underestimated how overpowered Jiang You was.

Peak Tier Five?

To hell with peak Tier Five!

What kind of Tier Five could pin two Tier Sixes to the ground and beat them like helpless children?!

This guy was a monster through and through!

An anomaly who transcended the fundamental laws of the Spiritual Qi Recovery!

Panting heavily, Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan stared intently at the black-clothed man in the distance, whose breathing wasn't even slightly disturbed.

In his mind, a crazy, terrifying, yet seemingly perfect explanation of a theory began to grow wildly like poisonous weeds.

"Four mythic-grade Supernatural Abilities... deprivation... devouring..."

Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan's pupils dilated frantically.

Could it be...

This guy pursued him so relentlessly, even going so far as to cross a Space-time Rift to come to this Great Zhou world, not to avenge some dead commoners at all?!

"'What "seeking justice for ordinary people"! What "reshaping the order of the Blue Star"! It's all a fucking smokescreen!'"

Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan's breathing grew faster and faster, and the scenario he imagined made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave:

"'This guy is actually a terrifying mythic-grade Supernatural Ability hunter hiding behind a mask of justice!'"

He specifically hunts down geniuses who have awakened top-tier Supernatural Abilities, and then uses his bizarre devouring ability to forcibly strip others of their mythic-grade laws and integrate them into his own body!

The [Boundless Ink Realm] he showed earlier belonged to someone else, and the [Stellar Body] was also stolen from Ji Zhongyu!

And now, he has his eyes on my [Demon Soul Transformation]!

The more he thought about it, the more Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan felt it was highly probable, and the fear in his heart became increasingly uncontrollable.

No wonder he didn't accept his proposal to join forces earlier!

No wonder he didn't have the slightest interest in the imperial power and vast territory of the Great Zhou!

In the eyes of a hunter who fed on devouring Supernatural Abilities, what did secular power count for?

His own mythic-grade demon soul at the peak of Tier Six was the most succulent prey in Jiang You's eyes!

"'No! Absolutely not!'"

Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan was so terrified that his hair stood on end. An unprecedented sense of mortal crisis overwhelmed him.

"'He must absolutely not steal my Supernatural Ability!'"

"'If that happens, I won't even have the slightest chance of making a comeback!'"

I must survive!

I must tear open this damn black place and escape!

Imperial Preceptor Wen Wangshan's eyes turned crimson, a look of extreme, desperate ruthlessness flashing across them, like a warrior cutting off his own wrist to survive.

He bit down hard on the tip of his tongue and rapidly drew a bizarre, blood-colored rune on the ground with both hands.

"'Jiang You! You want to devour my Supernatural Ability? Even if I die today, I'll break all your teeth!'"