"..."
Xu Wenwu felt he had been thoroughly humiliated.
The martial arts he had painstakingly polished over a millennium with meticulous dedication had been mostly learned by you in less than a few minutes. You brat actually still had the nerve to say he hadn't lived this millennium in vain.
To kill the person, yet still insist on crushing their heart?!
The veins on Xu Wenwu's forehead throbbed violently, and the blue light of the Ten Rings on his arms exploded. The ten circular rings detached from his body simultaneously, assembling in mid-air into a circular array, rotating frantically as they bore down to crush Peter!
The power of this single strike was at least three times stronger than before. The high-speed rotation of the Ten Rings formed a blue energy storm; everywhere it passed, a trench half a meter deep was plowed into the ground.
Yet, facing this dazzling offensive of the Ten Rings, Peter merely used both his hands and feet to execute a succession of consecutive strikes, deflecting every single one of the incoming rings.
Subsequently, he hooked a finger toward Xu Wenwu:
"Come again, let me see some more new tricks."
Mm, a true master always harbors the heart of an apprentice, as it were~
The battle between the two lasted for nearly twenty minutes. At the exact same time, the massive chaotic brawl on Daisy's end had also entered its final phase.
Two shallow abrasions had been added to her face, a deep-enough-to-see-bone wound was left over her left arm, and blood seeped from multiple injuries across her body. Yet, her state at this moment was exceptionally good.
She was eating "Growth Happiness" again~
The vibration superpower was a type of combat capability that was extremely dependent on actual combat experience. Right now, amidst the moves fed to her by these three major experts, she was evolving at lightning speed!
The passive perception of the vibration field, the precise interference of muscle resonance, the exact detonation after striking shockwaves into an enemy's body... Every single idea Peter had previously spoken to her about had been converted into reality by her!
Bang!
The forms of Daisy and Death Dealer crossed paths. The exact split second the two stabilized their stances, a large spray of blood exploded from Daisy's side waist.
Correspondingly, Death Dealer's rear heart exploded entirely, a massive crater opened up over his chest, and he collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide in unresigned death.
Daisy cast a glance at this respectable opponent. After a thought, she reached out her hand to close his wide-staring eyes:
"You were a respectable opponent. Without you, I wouldn't have progressed this rapidly. May you rest in peace because of this; in your next life, reincarnate into a good person."
After completing all of this, Daisy turned her head to look toward Peter, taking a deep breath before opening her mouth to say:
"Alright, Brother Peter, I've settled things on my end. There's no need for you to continue playing around with him."
Hearing these words, Xu Wenwu was so enraged that he nearly sprayed out another mouthful of old blood.
Good, good, good! It turns out that while I am so exhausted on my end that I'm about to spit blood, it's merely seen as playing in your eyes!
His gaze went cold, harboring a desire to kill Daisy to let her witness his fearsomeness. But before he could make a move, Peter leaped out of the combat circle, flashing a smile toward him as he said:
"Terribly sorry, Old Xu. Since my companion has already settled things, you can log off right here."
Xu Wenwu's combat skills had indeed benefited him immensely, especially those transitional techniques that fused the essences of multiple schools, providing him with many new ideas on how to flexibly switch defensive and offensive rhythms during practical martial arts.
However, it was merely limited to this; what he could teach Peter was only this much.
On the other side, Xu Wenwu was so enraged that he nearly crushed his steel teeth to pieces. He recalled all of the Ten Rings back to his arms, and the blue light exploded to its absolute limit. His entire being was enveloped within the energy brilliance, and the ten rings upon his arms rotated frantically.
"You think you've won for sure?!"
With a violent roar, the entire energy of the Ten Rings concentrated upon his dual fists, booming out the strongest strike of his lifetime toward Peter. The blue energy torrent whistled out, overturning all the remaining stone slabs on the square.
Peter looked at this strike, choosing not to evade.
In the next split second, a pale-blue lightning light flowed across his body's surface, and his entire being's aura climbed to a height that caused Xu Wenwu to feel terror from the depths of his soul at this exact instant.
Lightning Release Chakra Mode!
Peter, who had covered himself in the Lightning Release Armor, no longer hesitated, lifting his hand to boom out a Normal Punch. There were no flashy skills, nor complex energy operations. It was just a simple, straightforward punch. Pure, overwhelming power.
The moment the fist collided with the energy torrent, the blue energy was like thin ice meeting boiling water, crumbling and dissolving in an instant.
Clang~!
The energy field instantly shattered. Immediately following, the fist-front penetrated the energy torrent, falling upon Xu Wenwu's chest without a single shred of decay. The defense of the Ten Rings didn't even last for the duration of a single breath before this punch.
The fist-force poured into Xu Wenwu's torso. Xu Wenwu's body was like it had been struck by a train, flying backward through the air.
His consciousness began to blur the exact instant he left the ground; the images before his eyes became shattered into pieces, and sounds grew further and further away.
He was wrong. It turned out that such a person truly existed in this world—merely standing there, he was an impassable chasm, causing all the methods he had accumulated over a thousand years to appear laughable.
In the final second before his consciousness completely plunged into darkness, only one thought surfaced within Xu Wenwu's mind:
I stood up, and got one-shotted. What is there to say?
BOOM!
Ultimately, his body crashed into the distant wall, smashing out a massive crater spanning dozens of meters. Gravel splattered and dust rose everywhere. When the dust settled, Xu Wenwu lacked any sign of life.
Peter walked over. Crouching down, he plucked the Ten Rings one by one from Xu Wenwu's arms. After leaving their host, the blue light of these metal rings gradually dimmed, yet they still emitted a faint humming sound.
Holding them in his hand, the weight was neither light nor heavy, warm, as if the dead man's body temperature still lingered.
Near Peter's ear, the system's prompt tone chimed right on time:
[Detected sacrificable Purple-grade item: The Ten Rings]
[The Ten Rings: A mysterious weapon of unknown origin, ten in total. The wearer can obtain extraordinary strength, speed, and durability buffs, while simultaneously causing the physical body to stop aging, even executing a micro-scale rejuvenation; theoretically, immortality can be achieved.]
[Sacrifice can yield points: 10,000 points. Proceed with sacrifice?]
Ten thousand points. To say it was a lot wasn't a lot, to say it was little wasn't little. Peter thought about it, and chose "No."
Three causes.
First, the Ten Rings were the key to opening the dark gate of Ta Lo village. Locked behind that gate was the Dweller-in-Darkness; he still had to go inside to collect genetic samples. Without the Ten Rings, that gate might not open.
Second, he truly didn't lack sacrifice value right now. From the two massive battles with Laufey and the Inheritors previously, every single person had contributed a bountiful share of sacrifice value to him.
Currently, his account balance was as high as over 150,000; an increment of 10,000 points was immaterial to him.
Third, and the most vital point—he had set his sights on the "eternal youth" function of the Ten Rings. Uncle Ben was sixty years old this year. Though Aunt May was well-maintained, she was already fifty-five years old.
The power of the Ten Rings could help Uncle Ben and Aunt May prolong their years... Just this point alone was sufficient to let him keep the Ten Rings.
Aside from this, a bolder thought resided inside his heart.
The effect of the Dog Talisman was to cause a person's body to restore to its peak state. Meanwhile, the Ten Rings could let a person's physical body stop aging, and even execute a micro-scale rejuvenation.
If he superimposed the two... first using the Dog Talisman to let a person's body return to its peak, and subsequently using the Ten Rings to lock this state and rejuvenate them.
Would he be able to exploit a bug, causing a wave of electricity meter reversal, letting a person maintain the rejuvenated state even if they lost the Ten Rings and the Dog Talisman?
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