Magic: Reincarnate from high-voltage electricity at the start, level up independently.

The blazing sun hung high, baking the boundless desert. The scorching sand shimmered with heat, and even the air felt slightly hot.

Two figures tore through the void and suddenly descended upon this desolate sea of ​​sand.

A hazy, indistinct mass, its true form difficult to discern.

A head of white hair as white as snow, and crimson eyes indifferent and unwavering.

Without exchanging a single word or even a glance, the two auras collided instantly, sending sand flying and creating waves of dust beneath their feet.

Even with an arm severed, Chu Ge's gaze became even more focused.

She was completely absorbed in the battle, her momentum rising steadily, and the fighting spirit in her eyes burned like a raging fire that would never be extinguished.

Go, Mom! Beat this bad guy to a pulp!

Xiao Bai's angry voice exploded in my mind, still bothered by her missing arm.

Chu Ge closed his eyes and focused his mind, his aura receding. He slowly raised his left hand, and a restrained yet violent power gathered in his palm.

"The Heart-Splitting Palm!"

A palm strike landed heavily on the chaotic figure.

The shadow was instantly blasted hundreds of meters away, rolling dozens of times on the scorching sand before finally coming to a stop.

"Ptooey!"

He spat out the yellow sand from his mouth, his bones were broken, half of his body was ulcerated, and excruciating pain swept over his entire body.

But he didn't even frown; instead, a crazy smile appeared on his face.

While urging the mantra of "Zhe" to repair his body, he looked at the white-haired girl, his tone tinged with surprise:

"How come you've gotten stronger again?"

He possessed the true meaning of the word "fight," and in theory, after a long battle, he should have been able to completely suppress Chu Ge and crush him.

But reality was quite the opposite—Chu Ge, who had lost an arm and seemed to have greatly reduced his combat power, became more and more ferocious in battle, with his strength and speed constantly increasing, completely overpowering the boost from his Fighting Mantra.

Across from him, Chu Ge calmly gazed at him, his crimson eyes showing no ripples, and uttered four words indifferently: "The warrior is invincible."

"Shadow, you are very strong."

"This is the first time in my life that I have fought so intensely and exhilaratingly. It was you who completely ignited the fighting spirit that had been suppressed and hidden deep in my heart for so long, allowing me to cast aside all constraints and unleash this fighting spirit without reservation."

"Only in a life-or-death battle can the human body's ultimate potential be forced out. My cultivation level has not increased by the slightest, but the strength of my body and will fused together at this moment is far beyond what I can compare to that superficial cultivation level."

As soon as she finished speaking, her aura suddenly changed, losing all its sharpness and aggression, becoming ethereal and profound. She spoke softly:

"Questioning the Dao of Swordsmanship."

Chu Ge slowly closed his eyes, tilted his head back to face the scorching sun, letting the sunlight burn his skin, yet he remained motionless.

His only remaining left hand was raised high, fingers pointing straight up like a sword, the fingertips pointing directly to the sky. His posture was as upright as a pine tree, like an ancient war god statue that had been eroded by time, incomplete yet immortal, with an ultimate beauty in its brokenness, standing still.

A fierce wind howled, whipping up scorching yellow sand that lashed wildly against her pale skin and snow-white hair.

Her hair was gradually dyed yellow by the sand, and her slender body was buried little by little by the ever-surging sea of ​​sand, from her ankles to her knees, from her waist to her chest, until finally only her raised left hand was left exposed outside the sea of ​​sand.

She remained motionless, her breathing becoming barely audible, as if she had truly transformed into a sand sculpture.

An irresistible sense of crisis, originating from the depths of his soul, suddenly surged forth, gripping Shadow's heart tightly, making his blood almost freeze.

This sense of crisis was a hundred or a thousand times more terrifying than when he jumped into the ancient Antarctic glacier or into the crater of an erupting volcano. It was a deadly threat that confronted the very essence of life and was inescapable.

The power of divine order surged wildly around Shadow as he focused all his senses on sensing every anomaly in the world.

The azure sky, the floating white clouds, the scorching sun, the boundless yellow sand, the dry and biting hot wind, the rattlesnakes lurking in the sand, the cacti standing tall in the distance, the sand lizards crawling, and even the faint outline of the pyramids on the horizon were all taken into his perception.

Finally, his gaze fixed on the sand sculpture, his pupils suddenly contracting, his voice trembling with disbelief: "She's... attaining enlightenment?"

"Is it that the fighting spirit has reached its peak, breaking through one's own limitations and beginning to comprehend one's own fighting spirit?"

Shadow did not step forward to launch a sneak attack.

With his pride, he would disdain taking advantage of someone in distress. Moreover, he was also filled with intense curiosity and wanted to see what kind of power this white-haired girl could comprehend.

Time passed by, second by second.

Chu Ge was completely buried by the yellow sand, becoming a small sand dune, standing quietly in the desert, echoing the pyramids in the distant sky.

After an unknown amount of time, a violent hurricane swept through, filling the sky with sand and dust, and forcefully scattering the sand dune.

She was covered in yellow sand, her white hair was disheveled, but she did not look disheveled at all. Instead, she exuded an ethereal and sharp Daoist aura.

Chu Ge slowly opened her eyes. In her crimson eyes, it seemed as if stars were fading and the Great Dao was flowing. She lowered her head and locked her crimson eyes on the chaotic figure. She had no emotion, but she had an aura that could suppress heaven and earth.

Her lips parted slightly, and she uttered eight words, one by one:

"Use your heart as a sword to slay the Dao and question your own conscience!"

The moment she finished speaking, her raised sword finger slowly fell downwards.

In an instant, the raging sandstorm across the entire desert abruptly ceased, plunging the world into a deathly silence.

An invisible and intangible aura, yet surpassing all power, gathered wildly between heaven and earth, transforming into an unparalleled illusory sword that pierced through the heavens and earth, invisible to the naked eye, pointing at the shadows and slowly slashing down.

This power is unrelated to magic or divine order; it is a special power that can only be comprehended when one's Dao heart has grown to a certain level.

Simply put, just now—

Chu Ge's Dao Heart has reached its peak.

The Sword of Dao Heart descended slowly, without the slightest sound of it cutting through the air, yet it stilled the entire space.

The shadow stood rooted to the spot, his feet seemingly nailed to the sand, not retreating an inch.

To onlookers, the scene appeared calm and still, with no sign of a life-or-death duel. Instead, it seemed as if the two were simply standing facing each other.

But only Shadow himself knew in his heart that this sword of Dao Heart truly existed, and that he had nowhere to avoid it or escape it.

This is the ultimate showdown at the level of the Dao heart, a collision of will and origin.

He couldn't hide, and there was no way he could escape.

Even if he were to escape back to the Divine Order Realm and vanish into outer space, this sword would still strike him down.

His only way out was to withstand the sword strike with his own Dao heart!

"Chu Ge, don't underestimate me!"

Shadow roared, unleashing the full power of his Dao Heart, as if an invisible barrier had been erected around him. "You want to sever my Dao Heart? Then let's see if your Dao Heart Sword is hard enough!"

He immediately closed his eyes, his aura tense, waiting for the sword of Dao Heart to strike.

A moment later—

puff--!

With a muffled thud, Shadow suddenly tilted his head back and spat out a mouthful of scalding blood, which splashed onto the hot sand beneath his feet.

He remained standing upright, his body unmoved, and slowly raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth with the web of his hand. His voice was indifferent yet slightly hoarse, echoing throughout the entire desert:

"Chu Ge, how is my Dao heart?"

"Very firm."

Chu Ge responded calmly, without the slightest surprise in his tone.

The Dao Heart of the Shadow was the strongest she had ever seen in her life, even more resolute than Xu Wan's current one, only inferior to the Dao Heart she had condensed over three lifetimes.

It was precisely because his Dao heart was strong and resilient enough that he was able to withstand this Dao Heart Slash, only coughing up a little blood.

If it were someone with a weak will or who was filled with fear, this sword strike would have already caused their soul to be scattered and completely annihilated between heaven and earth.

Of course, if the opponent's Dao heart far surpasses hers, the power of this sword will backfire on her, causing her to perish both in body and soul.

"Now that you've tested your Dao heart, let's continue the fight! I haven't had enough."

Dark Shadow's eyes surged with fighting spirit, and in a flash, he vanished from the spot.

The next second, he appeared directly above Chu Ge's head, his power gathered in his palm, and he slammed down with a palm that carried the power to suppress heaven and earth!

boom--!!!

The deafening roar caused the ground to cave in instantly under the pressure of the palm strike. Chu Ge raised one hand sharply to catch the unparalleled blow, his body sinking slightly as his feet sank several inches into the scorching sand.

"You've become stronger too." Chu Ge's expression remained calm, his crimson eyes still expressionless.

"Of course, because I am undefeated!"

Shadow grinned coldly, his body suddenly suspended upside down in the void, his fists raining down on Chu Ge like a storm of pear blossoms.

Bang bang bang—!!

Fists filled the sky, their piercing sounds echoing through the air.

Instead of retreating, Chu Ge advanced, his remaining left hand transforming into a sky full of fist shadows, fiercely clashing with the attack. Each collision stirred up towering sand waves, the air currents sweeping in all directions, blasting the surrounding sand into pits and craters.

Two figures collided and fought rapidly in the sky above the desert, moving so fast that only two afterimages remained. The sound of their collision resounded through the heavens and the earth, and the entire desert trembled slightly.

Seizing a brief opening, Chu Ge suddenly gathered strength in his left hand and slammed it hard into the ground.

boom!

The sand beneath their feet instantly exploded into a giant crater hundreds of meters wide, sending yellow sand flying everywhere and obscuring the entire view. The world was shrouded in a dim yellow light, making it impossible to see the figures inside.

Taking advantage of the sand obscuring his vision, Chu Ge unleashed a torrent of magical power in his palm and shouted sharply:

"Buddha's Wrathful Lotus!"

A giant fire lotus, entirely crimson and wreathed in raging flames, rapidly condensed in his palm. As the fire lotus spun, it burned away the surrounding yellow sand, and with the force of scorching mountains and boiling seas, it slammed fiercely toward the direction where the shadow was.

Bang-!

The fire lotus exploded with a roar, and the raging flames swept in all directions, instantly engulfing the shadows and sending them flying hundreds of meters away.

Before the shadow could recover from the explosion, Chu Ge's palm magic shifted again, with the power of ice and lightning surging alternately:

"Buddha's Wrath Ice Lotus!"

"Buddha's Wrathful Thunder Lotus!"

A blue ice lotus, radiating a chilling aura, and a purple lightning lotus, crackling with raging thunder, struck the shadow one after the other like two streaks of light.

The power of ice and thunder exploded simultaneously, completely tearing apart the chaotic energy surrounding the shadow.

When the smoke and dust dissipated, the entire sandy area was a mess, with only a blood-stained head lying quietly on the sand.

This was the first time Chu Ge had ever seen Shadow's true form.

It was a face that was sunny, handsome, crazy, arrogant, indifferent, twisted, and had a morbid smile.

"Hahaha! That was great! Let's do it again!"

Shadow laughed loudly, showing no fear whatsoever. On the contrary, his fighting spirit intensified. He activated the True Word of the Warrior with all his might, and his shattered body was rapidly rebuilt at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, he was once again enveloped by chaos and stood proudly in place, completely unharmed.

"Tired of fighting in this desert? Let's move on to another place and continue the battle!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and activated the power of divine order, instantly enveloping Chu Ge with the power of space.

Feeling his body being pulled and dissipated in space, Chu Ge couldn't help but feel a pang of envy.

The power of Shadow is beyond doubt.

The aftercast of her Buddha's Wrath Lotus was extremely long, and with Shadow's teleportation ability, it could have been easily dodged.

But he didn't do that. Instead, he chose to take all the attacks head-on, enjoying the thrill of his body being shattered and rebuilt. He had a crazy, warlike, and obsessive nature in his bones.

"Divine Order: The Nine Syllable Mantra"...

Every ability it displays is nothing short of freakish; it's a complete glitch in terms of mechanics.

Not to mention, he still has several truths he hasn't revealed yet.

Fortunately, she didn't rely on fancy mechanisms; she relied on pure, extreme power—physical strength that surpassed even the Shadow.

Chu Ge's heart suddenly stirred.

If she possessed "Divine Order: Breaking Army" right now, could she shatter Shadow into atoms with a single blow, making him unable to recover?

……

Ripples spread across the void.

Two figures landed slowly.

Looking around, weeds sprout wildly from the cracks in the cement, rusted steel bars pierce the sky like withered bones, the scaffolding is mottled with red rust, all the glass is shattered, and the wind rushes into the hollow building, making a wailing sound.

No one was there, no sound was heard, only a half-finished building stood there, like a giant tombstone abandoned by the world.

"An unfinished building?" Shadow muttered.

He glanced at the bushes and noticed two black iron rods. He picked them up casually, flicked them lightly, and they whistled through the air.

A wild smile curled at the corner of his lips:

"Good, let's use it as a weapon."

Seeing Shadow pick up the two holy swords of physics, Chu Ge's originally indifferent eyes suddenly lit up.

handsome.

Magic surged in her palm, and pure ice power instantly condensed, forming a crystal-clear, chilling ice crowbar that appeared steadily in her left hand.

Feeling that one wasn't enough, she conjured another identical ice crowbar in her palm, tilted her head slightly, and firmly held it in her mouth.

Yes, even with only one arm, this white-haired, vicious dog girl can still wield dual swords.

The shadowy figure opposite was slightly taken aback, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

No... this is allowed?

Perhaps it was because she spent so much time with that lively, black-haired, vicious dog girl that the usually aloof white-haired girl gradually developed a somewhat abstract and unruly personality.

If it were Xu Wan, given her competitive and never-say-die personality, she would probably not only fill both hands, but also tuck two extra under her armpits before she would be satisfied.

I wonder how Xu Wan and Zhu Rong are doing on Mount Everest now.

Chu Ge didn't think any further. The last trace of distraction in his eyes dissipated, and his gaze instantly turned icy cold.

The next second, she pushed off the ground with both legs, leaping high into the air. With her left hand gripping the ice crowbar, she brought it down hard towards the top of Shadow's head with the force of cutting through the air!

"Two days, one style!"

Meanwhile, Mount Everest.

Snowflakes swirled and howled, the wind was biting cold, and the whole world was covered with thick snow, a silver-white world, but also frighteningly cold.

The tops of piles of snow suddenly began to loosen and collapse violently, as if something was struggling frantically beneath the snow, trying to break through.

A moment later, a hand, red from the cold, suddenly emerged from the snow, followed by a disheveled figure struggling to climb out of the snowdrift.

"Clatter clatter clatter—"

Amidst the snow-white landscape, Xu Wan shivered from the cold, her teeth chattering, her face deathly pale. With great difficulty, she crawled and tumbled out of the snowdrift, which was dozens of meters deep. Her hair and eyebrows were covered in frost, and she looked as wretched as a groundhog that had just crawled out of the ground.

Beside the snowdrift, Zhu Rong stood quietly. Looking at Xu Wan's disheveled appearance, a faint smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

"Are you alright?" Zhu Rong asked softly, her tone filled with concern.

"What, what joke! This Great Emperor is so powerful, how could anything happen to me!" Xu Wan was so cold that she was shivering as she spoke, but she was still stubborn and refused to admit defeat. She grabbed a piece of snot that had frozen into an icicle from under her nostril and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing it with a "crunch".

She looked around but couldn't see Chu Ge or An Ying, and immediately frowned:

Where are they?

"I don't know." Zhu Rong shook her head gently. "I haven't seen them since I woke up."

"They must have finished one match and moved to another location."

Upon hearing this speculation, Xu Wan instantly bristled, baring her teeth and stomping her foot in anger, like a vicious dog that had been provoked.

"Damn it! You actually abandoned me, the Great Emperor, and went off to fight! Chu Ge, you traitor! This is outrageous!"

She still remembers the grudge of Shadow kicking her into the sea, and she hates him to the core.

"Let's go! We have to find them right now! I absolutely must get revenge!"

"Where are we going to look?" Zhu Rong tilted her head, her eyes full of curiosity. "Do you know where they went?"

"I don't know!" Xu Wan shook her head, speaking with an air of self-assurance, "But can't you turn into a big bird? You can transform again and carry me flying! Their fight is so loud, if we fly in the sky, we'll definitely find them quickly!"

"It seems... that makes some sense." Zhu Rong looked at Xu Wan, who was shivering from the cold but still full of fighting spirit, and sighed softly. "However, my True Phoenix form can only be unsealed and transformed when I am extremely angry and out of control of my emotions."

"But the problem is, I'm very calm right now, and I can't get angry at all."

"That's easy! I'll get angry for you!" Xu Wan's eyes lit up, and she spoke without thinking.

Snapped--! ! !

A crisp, loud slap echoed clearly amidst the howling wind and snow.

Without hesitation, Xu Wan raised her hand and delivered a resounding slap to Zhu Rong's face.

Zhu Rong was completely stunned. She stood there blankly, staring at Xu Wan in astonishment, unable to come to her senses for a long time.

Xu Wan, however, thought the slap had successfully provoked her. She raised an eyebrow dismissively and continued her provocative remarks in an arrogant tone:

"Transform! Can't you transform into a flamingo?"

"Show me right now!"

Seeing that the other party remained unmoved, Xu Wan reached out and pinched Zhu Rong's cheek, breathing out a puff of air:

"Stop dawdling and transform for me now!"

"I..." Zhu Rong finally snapped out of her daze, looked at Xu Wan, and said in a serious yet helpless tone, "But... I still can't get angry."

"How is that possible!"

Xu Wan stared in shock, her eyes wide. "I hit you, and you're not angry? Do you have masochistic tendencies?!"

"No." Zhu Rong gently shook her head, even looking at Xu Wan with a hint of sympathy, and slowly explained.

"First, I know you didn't do it on purpose, you just wanted to make me angry and transform."

"Secondly, that slap of yours didn't hurt at all."

As she spoke, she brought her cheek, which had just been slapped, closer. Her face was smooth and fair, without even a trace of redness.

The two were already quite different in terms of physical strength, and Xu Wan was so frozen that she couldn't even muster 30% of her strength, so she couldn't provide any physical stimulation to Zhu Rong.

"Damn it! I refuse to believe it, I'm going to make you angry!"

Xu Wan shouted defiantly, and then used all her tricks—tickling her armpits, stomping on her feet, shaking her shoulders—to make a fuss for a long time, but Zhu Rong remained calm, without even twitching her eyebrows.

"Is there anything you're afraid of? I'll scare you!"

"no."

"Is there anyone you hate? Tell them off!"

"No, not at all."

"Fine, you forced me to this! I'm going to use my ultimate move!" Xu Wan's eyes lit up, and she suddenly had an idea.

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Rong asked curiously, but before he could finish, Xu Wan suddenly leaned closer to him.

Xu Wan cupped Zhu Rong's face in her hands, and before she could react, she stood on tiptoe, aimed at her lips, and kissed her directly.

Well--

Zhu Rong froze on the spot, her whole body stiff, her mind blank, and a faint blush instantly rose on her cheeks.

After a long while, the two slowly separated, a transparent silver thread stretching between their lips, which instantly froze into tiny ice threads in the biting cold wind.

Xu Wan subconsciously licked the corner of her mouth with her tongue, silently thinking to herself: I didn't expect Zhu Rong's lipstick to taste so good.

She snapped out of her reverie, staring intently at Zhu Rong, and asked urgently, "How is it! Are you angry now?!"

"Yes... a little bit." Zhu Rong nodded blankly, her cheeks flushed, whether from the cold or not was hard to tell.

"That's good! One more time, and you'll definitely get completely angry and transform!" Xu Wan was overjoyed and prepared to press her advantage.

But Zhu Rong gently shook her head and said seriously, "Actually... it's not because of that that I'm angry."

"Your snot just ran into my mouth, it's disgusting."

Xu Wan: "..."

He froze on the spot, his expression frozen, and he became completely withdrawn.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize I was so disgusting. This great emperor is such a dark person, a delusional chuunibyou, with a runny nose, just like a rat crawling in the sewers."

Xu Wan forced a stiff smile, her eyes instantly turning gloomy as she coldly added, "Heh, if my phone were working right now, I'd definitely drag you to Sunba's forum for a crazy online battle, and make them curse you until you're furious."

Seeing Xu Wan standing there listlessly, lifeless, Zhu Rong hesitated for a moment before kindly suggesting:

"How about... you try again? Be a little more forceful, pin me to the ground, maybe then I'll get angry?"

"……No."

Xu Wan took a deep breath, her eyes suddenly becoming incredibly serious as she looked at Zhu Rong and slowly said, "Actually, I have one last way that will definitely make you angry."

"What method?" Zhu Rong asked curiously.

"Don't worry about it for now."

Xu Wan stepped forward, gently pressed Zhu Rong's shoulder, and said in a serious tone, "Squat down now, close your eyes, don't worry about anything else, and don't open your eyes. Just do as I say."

"it is good."

Zhu Rong was simple-minded, so she obediently nodded, squatted down, and closed her eyes tightly.

A minute slowly passed.

Zhu Rong could sense Xu Wan standing right in front of her and couldn't help but ask, "Are you done?"

"Don't open your eyes, it'll be done soon, just wait a little longer," Xu Wan's voice came.

I waited silently for another thirty seconds.

Suddenly, a few drops of warm water landed on Zhu Rong's forehead. Immediately afterwards, the warm liquid poured down like a waterfall, soaking her head and face.

Zhu Rong suddenly opened his eyes.

The scene before her eyes widened instantly, a sight she would never forget.

The next second, a sharp, high-pitched, and extremely furious phoenix cry resounded throughout the entire Mount Everest, tearing through the swirling snow and wind!

"Xu Wan! You bastard—!!!"