From the end of the world

Chapter 158 VS Great Perfection Level 5
This method of movement was beyond my expectations.

On the other hand, I at least foresaw that "he would probably find a way to get close to me suddenly later" and thought about how to deal with it. Although I was caught off guard, I still reflexively used my own method.

I used the fire teleport to move a hundred meters away, and then I saw him rushing out of the shadow portal. Then, the shadow portal behind him exploded.

Countless shadow materials like gravel scattered in the air like a hail of bullets, covering an area with a radius of one mile. One of the shadow gravels quickly unfolded into a portal with an area large enough for one person to pass through and extremely low thickness near my back. He disappeared again and attacked from the portal.

Now he is always surrounded by shadows, so he can skip the action of "diving into the shadows" and directly jump out of the shadow portal!

I used the fire teleport again and moved to 200 meters away. Needless to say, he also opened the shadow portal near me again at a very fast speed. This airspace has become his domain, and this domain is still expanding rapidly. No matter how I escape, as long as I am still within the coverage area, I am destined to be caught by him.

I can teleport out of this airspace if I want, but he can just repeat the steps just now to lock me in again. Of course, if that happens, I can just teleport to a farther place, or even to a place where he can't find me, but doing so can't guarantee that he won't attack the Zhu family residence again.

And from a personal perspective, I also want to compete with him.

After countless teleportations, both he and I have exceeded the speed limit, and both of us are moving point to point. Under the super-large-scale perception that is like looking down on a chessboard, we seem to have become two ghosts that appear in pairs in the sky, flashing frequently, one bright and one dark. I, who have turned into a bright flame, and he, who is covered in shadows, have repeatedly clashed.

This kind of close combat completely put me at a disadvantage, and I would be hit by him from time to time. Although I was not unable to hit him, every time the armor would divert the attack from this side to empty space.

If he relied on his speed and agility to make me miss, I could at least challenge him a few more times, but he actually used this method, and I was really shocked.

I unleashed a sea of ​​fire in one go, trying to destroy all the shadow gravel in this airspace, but even that gravel was transformed into a "portal", becoming an indestructible object.

We must find a way to crack this "teleportation defense mechanism."

I actually have some ideas about this.

One of the methods is to use "attacks that do not require passing through physical space", that is, metaphysical attacks, such as "curse", or directly attacking the opponent's concept of cause and effect; for example, using attacks with spatial attributes. After all, the opponent also has spatial defense, so spatial attacks should also be effective.

However, I cannot use these two methods now. The cause and effect concept around me is not distorted, so I can't take the opportunity to perceive the metaphysical level; and I don't have any skills with spatial attributes. Although the flame transmission looks like a spatial transfer, it is actually just decomposing myself and then reassembling at a distance.

Is there any other way? For example, this defensive skill of absorbing the power of others, being infused with a huge amount of external force until it explodes is a classic plot, but his portal armor is not connected to a stingy space pocket, but to another dimension. I am afraid that even if I become strong enough to explode the solar system with a fireball, I can't explode another dimension.

The pain was piling up in my soul as his attacks increased.

I could understand his thinking. Although each of his attacks could not cause me any significant damage, and until now, the impact he had on me might not be as great as the impact of my previous burns on him, but as long as the number of times accumulated, I would still lose sooner or later. I was also completely convinced that the portal armor really had no endurance limit, and he believed that he could withstand such a long-term battle.

And as time went on, he hit me less and less.

He finally realized something was wrong.

"...My actions were seen through? No, this is..."

"What's wrong? Your movements seem to be getting slower? Are you tired?" I said, "Do you want me to give you some time to rest?"

"absurd!"

Although his attitude seemed hesitant, his attacks were continuous and came one after another like a violent storm.

Although I would like to say that I have gradually transformed from a "newbie who knows nothing" to a "sharp-eyed veteran" in the process of high-frequency combat, unfortunately, it is not the case. Of course, my experience in fighting the enemy is definitely accumulating little by little, but at this level, it is impossible to see through his movements.

The reason his hits were decreasing wasn't because he was getting duller, it was simply because I was getting faster.

This is the first time I have encountered such an unbeatable opponent. Because of this, I can clearly feel my blood getting hotter and my heartbeat speeding up. For the first time, I feel that this is not the one-sided killing in the past, and I am really competing with others.

And as my spirits improved, my fire burned brighter.

My flame is my spirit.

Until now, this power was like mud and sand dormant in a lake, but under the stirring of this great enemy, the mud and sand began to rise, slowly releasing its original power.

The amount of fire that makes up my elemental body determines my speed, strength, and processing performance. As the power inside me increases, my reaction speed also increases significantly. Although we are moving point to point, I still have to make the specific attack movements myself. His attack speed could barely keep up with me before, and it was even more difficult for me to handle it after combining his skills, but now he is being left behind by me step by step.

However, this level alone is not enough.

Even if I could avoid all his attacks, I would only be on the same level as him. The result of me not being able to hurt him would not change. At most, it would just be a stalemate.

My thoughts eventually turned back to "breaking the situation with force". Admittedly, I couldn't blow up the shadow dimension that the portal armor connected to, but what I really wanted to deal with was not the shadow world, but the portal armor itself.

As long as the magic power is strong enough, it can distort the laws of nature and the unreasonable supernatural mechanisms. This is not only my personal experience, but also the orthodox theory that Zhu Shi also agrees with. Even if the portal armor is different from the shadow portal of ordinary monsters and will not be destroyed by the disturbance of external offensive magic power, there is a limit. As long as the attack I use is strong enough, maybe I can break his armor by force.

I could feel his mana surge like a strong wind. Suddenly, I became curious. He should be able to sense my mana, right? Then...

What does my mana fluctuation look like in his opinion?
During this brief moment of thought, my power was liberated to a certain extent.

Finally, he couldn't even touch me anymore.

"This--" He made a surprised sound.

"You just said I have empty powers, right?" I said, "But if I have so much power, what are you going to do with it?"

Immediately, I stopped teleporting myself and hovered in the air with my palms facing each other. A small fireball appeared in the middle.

Almost at the same time, his fist came again and crushed my head.

I didn't pay much attention to it, but focused on the fireball, pouring all my current strength into it. Then I compressed, compressed, and compressed again. The fireball still maintained its small size, but the power accumulated inside was increasing, becoming like a miniature star.

He didn't just stand there and watch. Instead, he launched a roundhouse kick that shattered my upper body. My arms lost their support and fell downwards. However, the fireball remained in place, constantly accumulating and compressing power. His obstruction was useless. My spirit had already merged into the ambient heat, and it didn't matter if my external elemental body was completely shattered. It didn't hinder my accumulation of power.

Seeing this, he swung his fist again, trying to smash the fireball that looked like a miniature star.

And just when his fist was about to touch the target, he seemed to suddenly realize something, immediately pulled his hand away, and quickly retreated to a distance, looking at the fireball with extreme vigilance.

"... Come to think of it, you seem to have a very strong sixth sense." I let my voice echo in this airspace, "Then, can I interpret your action as... this move really working for you?"

As I spoke, I once again condensed my own fire elemental body next to the fireball and held up the small sun in my palm.

The light around the fireball was distorted, and it seemed that even the space itself was about to be burned through by this ultra-high-density flame.

"..."

He didn't say anything, but just cautiously made a confrontation gesture.

Maybe this trick doesn't really work. It's just alerting me to my unknown movements. How it works will depend on practice.

Compressing the power to this point is almost my current limit. The problem is how to hit him next. If it weren't for that troublesome sixth sense, he might still foolishly eat this super fireball; and now that he is alert, it will be difficult to hit him afterwards.

I also can't send my super fireball directly over. Once the super fireball is decomposed, I have to start the charging process all over again.

Maybe I should back up and hit him in the face with this super fireball while he's attacking me. As long as I can break his portal armor, I can try to attack his soul directly. Next time, he will definitely not be able to survive my burning.

He stood watching me from a distance, seemingly trying to figure out how to catch a break in my attention.

Suddenly, he disappeared from where he was.

This is his shadow teleportation, he is about to attack!
I immediately focused my attention on my surroundings and prepared to fight back. However, after waiting for a long time, I didn't see him appear again.

(End of this chapter)