America: The Cremator

Chapter 171 I lost!

Hundreds and thousands of deafening explosions rang out simultaneously, creating a terrifying sound that could tear eardrums apart.

Byron's entire domain was instantly engulfed by raging purple-gold flames.

Those moonlight fragments closer to the group of fire-people were the first to be hit by the explosion, blasted into countless silver powders by the intense heat shockwave, and dissipated directly into the air.

At the same time, the clear water covering the ground was evaporated by the high-temperature fireball, and white water vapor rose into the sky.

After the water on the ground disappeared, thick, rough, non-slip steel plates were revealed underneath, as well as crematorium hatches embedded in the ground.

These hatches went into operation as soon as they appeared, with the roar of flames echoing inside.

Byron's pupils contracted sharply as he stared in disbelief at the area that had been transformed into a steel ground, instantly understanding the situation.

Those firemen were not cannon fodder used for charging into battle.

Their mission from the moment they are born is death—to die in the other's territory!

Surong actually used the spiritual impact generated by the self-destruction of these firemen to forcibly burn through his rules, pushing the territory of the Steel Purgatory to his feet and forcibly replacing the control of the domain!

The young exorcists watching from afar were all stunned.

Unlocking a domain is already an unattainable topic for them, let alone the current battle over domain rules, which is beyond their comprehension.

As for Sulong's fire rules, they could only understand them roughly, but it seemed to be a very powerful skill.

Elena stood at the front of the crowd, her gaze fixed on Su Long's back, a subtle smile gradually appearing on her lips.

It seems that Su Long's claim of "gaining a lot" was not an exaggeration; he even awakened his domain while taking the exam.

Thinking of this, Elena looked down at the lantern at her waist, her brows furrowing slightly.

I can't let him leave me behind; I must establish my own territory as soon as possible.

At that moment, Byron looked at the mess before him and gritted his teeth.

He knew he absolutely could not allow Suron's territory to continue to expand, otherwise he would completely lose his chance of victory.

Byron suddenly raised his hands, his fingers moving rapidly in mid-air.

In an instant, the last remaining full moon in the night sky above suddenly lit up, and dozens of high-intensity beams of moonlight poured down in all directions!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The moonlight beams slammed into the thick steel wall, but instead of penetrating and destroying it as expected, they were strangely refracted as if hitting a mirror!

The beam of light bounced wildly between the steel walls, the ground, and the various hatches, each refraction amplifying its power.

In just a few breaths, more than a dozen hatches that were producing firemen were hit one after another. The hatches were broken and twisted, completely blocking the hatch openings. The flames inside were extinguished, and no more firemen crawled out.

Su Long looked at the destroyed hatch and raised an eyebrow slightly.

Byron was indeed quite skilled, managing to utilize the properties of moonlight to such an extent that even the steel walls within his domain could be used as springboards for beam refraction.

Although he's a bit pretentious and immature in personality, this guy is really strong.

"However, that's all for now."

As he spoke, Su Long raised his right hand and casually waved it in mid-air.

As he moved, a piercing metallic scraping sound suddenly came from above the dome.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of super hatches, several times larger than the previous ones, took shape and then burst open with a roar.

Streams of viscous, scorching purple-gold fluid, like magma, poured down and slammed heavily onto the anti-slip steel plate below.

Before everyone's astonished eyes, a colossal fire giant, ten meters tall, rose from the ground amidst scorching heat.

The giant's body was made entirely of high-density purplish-gold magma, with dazzling flames flowing across its surface. Its left hand held a heavy fire tower shield, while its right hand held a five-meter-long flaming greatsword.

"roar--!"

The fire giant roared, its roar accompanied by a violent gust of hot wind that swept across the entire area.

Byron's expression instantly turned extremely solemn. He could clearly sense the terrifying spirituality contained within this giant, which was absolutely incomparable to those mass-produced firemen from before.

He moved his hands rapidly, and dense beams of moonlight shot down alternately, attempting to strangle the giant directly within Suron's domain.

However, the fire giant simply raised the round shield in his left hand in front of him, and the dense beams of moonlight were blocked.

It took a long stride and galloped towards the direction where Byron was.

"Jingle bells"

The giant, defying Byron's attacks, relentlessly advanced.

Five steps, four steps, three steps—it finally crossed the boundary between steel and water, and stepped heavily into Byron's domain.

The moment the giant's feet touched the water, Byron's gestures changed instantly.

The water on the ground instantly froze, turning into an indestructible, smooth mirror.

The fire giant's massive magma feet, weighing several tons, were frozen solid within this enormous mirror.

The giant roared angrily, struggling to pull its legs free. It swung its greatsword and smashed it against the mirror beneath its feet.

However, under the giant's immense force, only a tiny crack appeared on the ground, which quickly healed under the moonlight, effectively sealing off the giant's movements.

Seeing that the giant was successfully trapped, Byron suddenly raised his hands upwards, and the mirror fragments in the surrounding air seemed to be summoned by something, frantically converging around the giant and piecing together a huge spherical shell, completely enclosing it, leaving only a small gap at the top.

"it's over."

Byron coldly uttered three words and pointed sharply downwards with his right hand.

The full moon overhead suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, and a terrifying beam of light, much thicker than before, precisely struck the gap and pierced into the interior of the sphere.

The beam of light bounced wildly inside the spherical shell, and each refraction greatly increased its power.

After only a few thousand refractions, the spherical shell could no longer withstand the terrifying energy inside.

"boom--!

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The sphere shattered, and a terrifying shockwave, mixed with countless silver specks of light, swept wildly in all directions.

Byron was prepared and slammed his hands together in front of him.

The flying debris stopped in front of him, layer upon layer, gathering together to form a thick, semi-transparent mirror shield.

Byron lowered his hands and looked at the center of the explosion through the semi-transparent shield.

The lava giant was still standing, its body riddled with holes and marked by laser beams.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

A dull, deafening roar came from deep within the giant's chest, pierced by the light.

Thick pillars of fire spewed out from the holes in its body, and the magma boiled violently under the extreme temperature until the critical point was completely broken.

"boom-!"

The violent explosion ripped apart Byron's prized mirror barrier, and the hard mirror formed from the water shattered inch by inch in the face of absolute violence.

The purplish-gold flames, mixed with terrifying heat, swept downwards, instantly evaporating the water on the ground, and even burning away the ground of Byron's domain into nothingness.

The next moment, Byron frowned.

He could sense an extremely hot energy surging violently into his domain.

Thick, non-slip steel plates rose from the ground, and dark red flames erupted from the earth. Su Long's domain of billions of incinerators forcibly occupied this vacuum zone, pushing the boundary between the two domains forward by tens of meters.

Byron stood still, his trench coat billowing in the wind, while the semi-transparent mirror shield in front of him, made of countless layers of fragments, steadily blocked the shockwave that came from the front.

He looked down at his feet and suddenly realized that even the water under the shield had dried up at some point, turning into a rough, hot, non-slip steel plate.

Sulong's domain had silently spread to the feet of Sulong.

The next moment, a steel plate directly beneath the shield burst open, and a massive incinerator appeared out of thin air, swallowing his mirror shield used for defense.

"Click".

The heavy steel hatch slammed shut, and a deafening roar immediately erupted from inside. The crematorium began operating at high efficiency, completely shredding and burning the devoured spirits.

Byron touched the ground with his toes and flew backward until he created a safe distance before standing still on the water.

"Not bad," he said coldly, his right hand suddenly grabbing in front of him. "But it's not over yet!"

The fragments of moonlight floating in mid-air rapidly converged in front of him, condensing into three enormous lenses, each over two meters in diameter.

The three lenses are arranged one in front of the other, and the mirror surfaces exhibit an extremely strange curvature.

The full moon overhead lit up again, and a beam of intense moonlight shone straight into the first lens.

After the first layer of refraction, the volume of the light beam is compressed by half, and the brightness is doubled;

Upon passing through the second layer, the beam of light was compressed again, becoming almost tangible;

When it exits through the third lens, it has completely transformed into a dazzling white line.

The next instant, the beam of light shot straight toward Su Long's left shoulder at an extremely tricky angle.

The light beam travels at extremely high speeds, but its location is not fatal.

At the same time, its angle was extremely sharp, completely blocking Su Long's space to dodge to the right. If he wanted to dodge, he could only force himself to duck or roll away.

Once Su Long makes this dodge move, he will inevitably lose his balance and end up in a disheveled state.

In this level of domain combat, once Surong abandons his fighting stance, he will inevitably face Byron's relentless and relentless pursuit.

Su Long looked at the deadly beam of light that arrived in an instant, a cold smile appeared on his lips, and then he raised his hands, cupping them around his mouth like trumpets.

A purple-gold flame of world destruction surged from his palms, completely enveloping his hands.

His chest bulged high as he faced the beam of light, letting out a deafening roar.

A terrifying sonic shockwave erupted from his mouth, passing through the world-destroying flames burning between his hands, instantly turning into a raging purple-gold pillar of fire.

The pillar of fire and the compressed moonlight collided violently at the boundary between the two realms. The purple-gold flames and the pure white moonlight were locked in a stalemate in mid-air, neither willing to give way.

A blinding halo erupted at the point of convergence, tearing the surrounding air into extreme distortion.

Upon seeing this, Byron's forehead veins bulged, and he roared, kneeling heavily on one knee on the water's surface, slamming his right hand into the puddles at his feet.

In an instant, behind Byron, a strange purple halo burst forth from the water and slowly rose into the air.

The Sakura Wheel Purple Deception exuded a chilling pressure; the moment it appeared, the pure white beam of light, which had been locked in a stalemate, was instantly stained with an eerie purple hue.

The purple light continuously flowed into the lens, causing the beam to suddenly expand by a full circle, its power increasing exponentially.

The beam of light instantly overwhelmed the pillar of fire, pushing back towards Su Long with overwhelming force.

Su Long stood still, his brows slightly furrowed.

Although the power of the sonic fire pillar was formidable, it ultimately relied on the breath support from his lungs.

He was, after all, a body of flesh and blood. No matter how large his lung capacity was, he couldn't maintain an inexhaustible output of breath like a machine. Once his breath was exhausted, the power of the fire pillar began to weaken visibly.

As the purple beam of light drew ever closer, Su Long made a move that caught everyone off guard.

He abruptly shut his mouth, directly cutting off the output of the sonic fire pillar, and without dodging or avoiding, charged towards Byron head-on into the beam of light.

With no obstruction, Byron's purple moonbeam beam instantly traversed a distance of tens of meters and struck Surong.

"Pfft!"

A chilling sound of flesh being torn apart rang out as the beam of light instantly struck Su Long's shoulder, shredding his entire shoulder and arm into bloody pulp.

Fragments of bone mixed with large pieces of flesh and blood flew backward, leaving a shocking bloodstain on the steel floor.

Byron's eyes widened instantly.

Sakura was merely engaging in a friendly sparring match; he had no intention of crippling Su Long. He quickly opened his mouth, about to shout to stop the match.

However, the next second, the glint in his throat was abruptly cut off.

In Byron's horrified gaze, not a single drop of blood gushed from the shattered wound on Surong's shoulder.

The terrifying regenerative power of the four-star [Flesh and Blood Overlord] was fully displayed in Sakura's moment.

Countless scarlet granulation tissues wriggled and intertwined wildly on the wound surface, while the stark white bones extended and reorganized at a visible speed, followed by blood vessels, nerves, and muscle tissue.

As Su Long charged forward under the beam of light, Rui Rui's arm, which had been completely destroyed, miraculously grew back under the watchful eyes of everyone present!

The new arm was covered with a layer of perfect muscle lines, with no trace of roughness, and was completely consistent with the original arm.

With a light step, Su Long instantly closed the distance between them to less than five meters.

Byron felt a chill run down his spine. The unconventional physical remodeling ability of the Sulong Cherry species had completely disrupted his tactical plans.

Without a second thought, he instinctively drew the silver-plated M1911 pistol from his waist, instantly raising the muzzle and locking it firmly onto the oncoming Su Long.

Sulong was already in front of him, his newly reconstructed arm reaching out, its five fingers gripping the barrel of the M1911 in Byron's hand like iron clamps, forcibly pressing it down.

At the same time, he clenched his right fist and, with a sharp gust of wind, smashed it straight at Byron's face.

Just as his fist was about to touch Byron's nose, Su Long's mind raced, and the purple-gold world-destroying flames covering his right fist instantly extinguished, leaving only pure physical strength and a violent fist wind.

You lost.

The glint of Surong's voice rang in Byron's ears, utterly calm.

The fist struck Byron's cheek without any resistance, but the expected impact on the head did not come.

Byron's entire body underwent a sudden change in texture the instant he was struck, instantly transforming into a cracked, silver, dove-shaped mirror.

"Splash!"

The child-shaped mirror shattered under Su Long's fist, exploding into countless tiny silver shards that flew in all directions.

On the water's surface a dozen meters away, the scattered fragments of moonlight quickly coalesced, piecing together Byron's figure once more.

He stood on the water, looked at Su Long, and smirked, "I haven't lost yet."

Surong looked at Byron, who had reformed in the distance, and instead of giving chase, he stopped.

He slowly withdrew his right hand, which had been suspended in mid-air, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.

"Is that so?" Su Long asked back, then raised his right hand and casually snapped his fingers.

"Smack."

With that crisp snap of his fingers, the raging domain of billions of crematoriums behind Su Long instantly froze.

The dark red flames retreated into the furnace, and the thick, non-slip steel plate quickly dissipated like the receding tide.

In an instant, that suffocating steel inferno completely disappeared.

The magnificent crystal chandelier lit up again, and the vintage oak table and the soft handmade rug at their feet reappeared before the children's eyes.

The banquet hall has been restored to its original state.

Su Long stood still, his feet resting on the oak floor of the ballroom.

He lowered his head slightly, his toes just touching the edge of the dance floor.

Byron paused for a moment, then looked down following Surong's gaze.

Upon seeing this, Ying's gaze immediately froze.

In the fierce battle just now, Surong used the self-destruction of the Fireman and the powerful attacks of the Lava Giant to continuously push forward the boundaries of the Iron Inferno.

To avoid the raging purple-gold flames, Byron instinctively pulled back.

He was in his own triple deception realm, standing on boundless clear water, completely losing his sense of the edge of the stage, and immersed in the struggle against Su Long's domain rules.

At this moment, Su Long withdrew his domain, and the scenery in the bay reappeared.

Byron Sakura realized that although he was still standing on the water in the area, his position in the current bay hall had long since moved out of the central dance floor area, and was even three or four meters away from the edge of the dance floor.

Byron looked at the distance between his feet and the edge of the dance floor and fell silent.

As soon as he removes his domain, he will instantly fall outside the dance floor.

According to the competition rules, being knocked off the edge of the dance floor is considered a loss.

The young exorcists who had been watching also realized the situation, and the once quiet hall gradually began to murmur among themselves.

Elena stood in front of the group of children, her tense shoulders finally relaxing. She reached out to straighten her clothes, let out a sigh of relief, and concealed the turmoil in her heart.

Byron stood on the water, the astonishment on his face gradually fading.

To Su Long's surprise, he was neither angry nor defeated in public. Instead, he let out a soft sigh, then smiled with relief and joy.

"I see."

Byron muttered something to himself, lifted his foot, and lightly touched the surface of the water.

"Buzz"

With a low hum, the night sky behind him, the vast expanse of clouds, and the clear water beneath his feet vanished as quickly as shattered illusions.

The triple deception has completely receded.

Byron stepped steadily onto the carpet in the banquet hall.

He holstered his M1911 pistol back on his waist, looked up at Su Long, and said in a calm but sincere tone, "Su Long, I lost."