Chapter 491 - 313: Isabel 2
Only fanaticism and awe remained in Naraku’s and Raymond’s eyes.
This was the true power of Ares Titan of the Titan Royal family!
He was unstoppable within the Venerable Realm of the Alka Advanced Empire!
Yet, in the very instant the golden fist, radiant as Ragnarok itself, was about to consume Li Wen—
It was as if an invisible shackle deep within Li Wen’s body had suddenly shattered.
’Berserk!’
A single, low, but incredibly clear syllable detonated in Li Wen’s mind.
VMMMM—!
A terrifying aura, far more violent than ever before, erupted like a volcano that had lain dormant for a hundred million years.
It surged skyward from Li Wen’s relatively lean frame.
His lifeblood instantly began to boil, transforming into a visible, crimson-red flame that burned ferociously around him.
His entire presence shot up like an interstellar rocket, skyrocketing at an unbelievable speed.
A 70% boost to all attributes, triggered by the level 7 Martial Daoist’s passive skill, [Berserk], brought about a qualitative leap.
The oppressive might of "Ragnarok," which had been suffocating him just moments ago, was now held at bay and torn asunder by this sudden explosion of violent power.
Crimson and silver light intertwined in Li Wen’s eyes, which were now cold and sharp, devoid of any hint of the struggle he had felt before.
In its place was a sense of absolute power that disdained all opposition.
Facing the world-shattering golden fist, Li Wen moved.
He used neither his saber nor his finger techniques.
He simply met the incoming fist—a blow that seemed capable of shattering stars—by raising his own right fist.
There was no dazzling light, no grand display of power surrounding his fist.
There was only a layer of profound darkness, condensed to the point it seemed to devour light itself, and...
...a faint, almost imperceptible ripple that warped the space around it—a wrinkle in time!
"Break!"
His low voice boomed with absolute confidence and power.
KRA-KOOOM—!!!!
The two disproportionately sized fists collided violently in mid-air!
For a split second, time itself seemed to freeze.
The expected scene—Li Wen being instantly blasted to smithereens—did not occur.
Instead, the radiant fist of Ares’s "Ragnarok," which seemed forged from the very core of the sun...
...at the very instant it made contact with Li Wen’s fist, which was shrouded in profound darkness and rippling with temporal energy...
...it was as if it had struck the hardest singularity of a black hole in the universe.
The golden light twisted violently and collapsed!
The terrifying power, enough to end an entire era, was stripped away, weakened, and slowed in an inconceivable manner by the layer of darkness and the subtle ripples of time on Li Wen’s fist.
It was like a raging flood crashing against an invisible barrier of spacetime.
And then—
CRACK!
A sharp, cracking sound reached everyone’s ears with perfect clarity.
The solidified golden light on Ares’s fist, like shattered crystal, showed its first crack.
Then, the crack instantly spread like a spiderweb across the entire surface of the fist.
BOOM—!!!
The next moment, Ragnarok, the culmination of Ares’s peak power...
...shattered violently before everyone’s disbelieving eyes.
It dissolved into a sky full of scattered, golden light.
But Li Wen’s fist, after shattering the golden behemoth, did not lose a bit of its momentum.
Fast! It was too fast!
His speed, amplified by his Berserk state, was combined with a rudimentary grasp of the Law that influenced time.
This made Li Wen’s movements too fast for the naked eye to follow.
As if teleporting, his right fist, having just shattered the golden light, left an afterimage as it tore through the air.
It instantly passed through the dissipating storm of energy and, without any flourish, slammed squarely into Ares’s chest, which was covered by the phantom of his golden armor.
THUD—!
A dull thud, so heavy it could make a heart stop.
Ares Titan’s majestic, mountain-like body went rigid.
The phantom of the golden armor covering his body shattered inch by inch before dissipating completely.
His eyes shot wide open, filled with utter astonishment and confusion, as if he couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.
An irresistible, immense force, powerful enough to tear apart a Star River, shot through his chest and instantly spread to every corner of his body.
PTOO—!
A mouthful of searing golden blood sprayed violently from Ares’s mouth.
His proud Titan body was sent flying backward, completely out of his control.
He became a golden meteor, flying faster than he had arrived, and crashed violently into a distant mountain peak tens of thousands of meters high.
RUMBLE—!!!
Under the impact of Ares’s body, the massive mountain peak collapsed from its waist.
Boulders tumbled down as dust and smoke billowed into the sky, completely burying the golden figure.
Dead silence.
A deathly silence fell over the entire Extreme Combat Arena.
Outside the barrier, every one of the spectating geniuses...
...be it Naraku, Raymond, Kane, Sisko, or anyone else, found the looks of ecstasy, excitement, and reverence frozen on their faces.
Their eyes were wide, and their mouths hung open, as if invisible hands were wrapped around their throats, choking off all sound.
Their minds went blank, leaving only the image of the dark fist that had shattered the golden giant.
The smile on Naraku’s face was frozen stiff.
Raymond staggered back a step, his face ashen.
He stared at the dusty ruins of the mountain, his eyes filled with nothing but endless confusion and... fear.
Isabel’s crimson lips were slightly parted, her stunningly beautiful face etched with unprecedented shock.
She had clearly seen it. The moment Li Wen activated [Berserk], his life force and Law fluctuations had leaped to a level that she found truly frightening.
That was not the power someone in the Venerable Realm should possess.
"No... impossible..." Kane mumbled, completely dazed.
The dust and smoke slowly began to settle.
On the platform, the violent, crimson flame of his lifeblood gradually receded.
Li Wen slowly lowered his fist. The aura around him subsided as quickly as a receding tide, returning to its previous state of calm.