I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

"Roar--!!"

Amidst the roar of a dragon, fragments of black crystal were hurled out.

“Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish—”

Countless sharp fragments shrieked, transforming into a raging storm that swept towards the man not far away.

Each fragment spun and generated powerful shockwaves, each fragment carrying a resolute determination to pierce through everything.

“Bang bang bang bang bang—!”

With just a slight contact, the man's black crystal armor was immediately torn apart, and the black crystal fragments, like cannonballs, exploded into a large crater every time they hit him.

Before long, his armor was completely torn apart, followed by his flesh. In an instant, countless holes were pierced through by the subsequent fragments. Each hole went straight through, and flesh, internal organs, and bones were completely unable to stop this extremely powerful penetrating attack.

Soon, his entire body was shattered like a rag doll, including his head and heart, which were major weaknesses. Not a single piece of flesh larger than two centimeters in diameter could be found.

However, the next moment, he suddenly appeared in the air completely unharmed.

Xue Jing frowned slightly:

"What kind of ability is this...? Is it an illusion? Everything I'm doing right now hasn't actually happened; it's just my 'imagination' in my mind?"

"No, with the [True Visualization], how could I be so easily fooled by illusions... If it's really an illusion of this level, then I might as well give up struggling and there's no need to fight at all."

"Undying-level vitality? That doesn't seem like it either..."

"Could it be a time-related ability... It does seem very similar, but it's far too advanced."

Xue Jing had no choice but to speculate in exaggerated directions.

"Does this person think they can control time...?"

The man spoke in his usual mechanical, flat tone.

Xue Jing tilted his head: "What, you have the leisure to explain this to me?"

"Well... this might surprise you, but my main job is actually as a teacher; everything else is just a side job."

The man said something that surprised Xue Jing.

He then proceeded to explain his abilities with great seriousness:

"You've got it wrong. This isn't about the use of time."

"Or rather, most people in this world have misunderstood."

"Time itself does not exist; it is merely a scalar quantity used to record the movement of matter."

Therefore, the so-called 'time acceleration,' 'time reversal,' and 'time stop' should more accurately be called 'acceleration of matter motion,' 'reversal of matter motion,' and 'stopping of matter motion.'

Xue Jing scratched his head: "Wait, why are you actually teaching me?"

He felt something was off, but since he had the opportunity to learn the other party's secret, it was indeed an opportunity that couldn't be missed given the current impasse, so Xue Jing didn't refuse.

Even if this is likely just something the other party is using to mislead him, it's still better than having no clue at all.

The man seemed to know what Xue Jing was thinking, but he still continued:

"However, the 'four-dimensional senses' I use are not any of the three mentioned above, although as a result, they do achieve an effect similar to 'reversal of the movement of matter'."

"You should know that the so-called fourth dimension is a higher level of existence than the three-dimensional space we inhabit, right?"

Xue Jing nodded silently.

"Well, simply put, four-dimensional senses allow me to observe three-dimensional space from the perspective of a higher-dimensional being."

"It's very complicated, and I can't explain it either. Just like ants can't understand humans, you can't truly understand something if you can't see a four-dimensional perspective."

"In short, what I see is different from what you see."

“You may think you’ve killed me several times by now, but in fact, from my perspective, you’re just messing around with the ‘future me.’ It’s just a phantom, an afterimage, a ‘non-existent fact’ that hasn’t happened yet.”

The man's mechanical, emotionless eyes looked at Xue Jing through his black crystal mask.

"—At this moment, I am in 'your past', watching 'your present'."

Xue Jing remained silent for a moment, then sighed softly.

"Why is it that all the opponents I've encountered are like those cheaters?"

Damn it, Ah Ban, give it your all! Give me some real cheat codes, okay?

How come everyone else's abilities are all about manipulating concepts, while we only have this little bit of stuff!

Outsiders might think we can't afford it.

"But don't worry," the man continued.

"The amount of information that can be received from a four-dimensional perspective is too enormous. I am not the original body, and the chip level is not high enough to keep it on for a long time. Humans are, after all, only three-dimensional beings. There is too much information that we cannot process. Our brains will be burned out, and our cognition will be rewritten."

“You are very strong. Among the young people I have met, you rank sixth. I look forward to your future.”

"The chances of defeating you with this body are almost zero... I give up."

"As a reward for your victory, I will destroy this body. Also, I'll give you a piece of news."

The man's black crystal armor shattered, revealing his body.

Then cracks began to appear all over his body.

His voice also became intermittent:

“Jiao Hongyuan… his breakthrough was incomplete… and… there was something installed two inches above his coccyx…”

"Hit that spot... and you'll kill him..."

The man's voice grew softer and softer until it was no longer audible, and the cracks on his body gradually covered his entire body.

Then, his entire body shattered into countless fragments smaller than a fingernail, which were scattered by the fierce winds that were constantly blowing high above.

Xue Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat puzzled as to what was going on with this person.

But seeing that he seemed to have truly disappeared, he didn't care whether the other party was truly dead or feigning death, as long as he stopped bothering him.

Xue Jing took a deep breath, summoned the Cherry Dragon, stood on its head, his body crackling with lightning, and swooped down rapidly.

……

“Squeak, squeak, squeak—”

As Chen Fuguang killed the cockroach monster, he shouted to Meng Qingjiao, who was not far away:

"Senior Sister Meng, have you found Junior Brother?"

"..." Meng Qingjiao placed a hand on the body of a cockroach monster and shook her head.

"That's strange, he should be here, where did he go..."

Chen Fuguang looked worried.

Chapter 203 The Ace Appears! One Man Decides the Course of the Battle, Flaming Rainbows and Thunderous Blades! (4K)

"Boom boom boom boom——!!"

Jiao Hongyuan and Meng Boshang continued their battle relentlessly, their fight so intense that it was impossible to see with the naked eye. Only the ring-shaped shockwaves that erupted everywhere in the void indicated that their battle had not stopped.

The cockroaches in the green vortex continued to emerge without stopping. Initially, the humans had a numerical advantage, but as their casualties increased, the number of cockroaches continued to rise, and soon the numbers reached a balance.

Some of the cockroach monsters, which were over five meters tall, were particularly outrageous. They were practically invulnerable to blades and bullets. Even the barrage of gunfire could not penetrate their exoskeletons, and the strength of ordinary martial artists could hardly move them. Moreover, a single cockroach charge could cut several or even dozens of people in half at the waist, like an armored vehicle storming into an ancient battlefield of cold weapons and unleashing its full power.

"No, the shell is too hard!"

"This shell is unbreakable, let's use a gentler approach!"

Several experienced martial artists reacted quickly, shouting and signaling to those around them to use gentle force to deal with the giant cockroach monster.

"Naive... The exoskeleton of this 'King Insect' is so thick that trying to bypass it with a soft force and strike its interior requires a level of precision that you bunch of good-for-nothings can't achieve..."

Jiao Hongyuan glanced at the battlefield briefly and chuckled.

At this moment, several martial artists worked together to knock the 'King Insect' to the ground. Each of them held down one of the insect's legs to prevent it from getting up. Then, a graceful figure leaped over and struck the 'King Insect' in the lower esophageal ganglion, below its throat and above its chest.

"Porphyrin——"

With a muffled thud, the 'King Insect' suddenly stiffened, went limp and remained motionless, and dark green mucus kept oozing from its mouthparts.

"Hmm?" Jiao Hongyuan frowned.

"That's... Meng Qingjiao from the Hidden Dragon Dojo? Li Qi Laogui's disciples, how come they're all so annoying?"

He raised his hand and unleashed a golden sword aura several meters long, forcing Meng Boshang back.

Then, with a flash, he headed towards Meng Qingjiao at an extremely fast speed. Wherever he passed, the air currents visibly parted to the left and right, as if they had been cut by a sharp blade.

But soon, Meng Boshang's imposing figure blocked his path, his dark golden vertical pupils burning with silent flames of anger, and the air around him rippling with a slight distortion.

"Ni Lin..."

Jiao Hongyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, then glanced casually at a figure in the crowd beside him. He stopped trying to kill Meng Qingjiao and instead rushed towards Meng Boshang again.

The two clashed again, and the fighting intensified.

Chen Fuguang walked to Meng Qingjiao's side, punched a cockroach away, and said warily:

"Senior Sister Meng, that old bastard Jiao Hongyuan is trying to assassinate you. Although Senior Brother is stopping him, it's better for us to stay away from him just to be safe."

"..." Meng Qingjiao nodded.

What they didn't notice was a figure covered in bandages, mingling in the crowd and watching them.

Li Chengxuan's face, hidden beneath bandages, was filled with excitement, fear, and hatred... his expression was extremely complex.

"Xue Jing isn't here... that's fine, I'll start by targeting the two of you."

"You two have a pretty good relationship, right... What kind of expression would you have if you saw the corpses of your senior brothers and sisters, Xue Jing? Let me have a good look... Hehehe."

Meng Qingjiao, working alongside several martial artists, was responsible for using her exquisite and subtle strength to kill the giant cockroach monster. Her conspicuous performance attracted the attention of many cockroach monsters.

As a product of the combination of human and cockroach genes, although the main body is cockroach, it has also acquired some of the simple thinking and judgment abilities of humans. Therefore, many cockroach monsters approached and launched attacks on Meng Qingjiao.

"These monsters are targeting Miss Meng!"