Chapter 7004 Successive Exits
Chapter 7004 Successive Exits
Chapter 7004 Successive Exits
Indeed, when Guangyuan and Zhanghuang appeared before Zhang Yong with the God-Slaying Sword, which could severely injure Shenpo, Zhang Yong realized that he was going to lose. But humans are the kind of creatures that will not accept defeat even if they know they will lose.
Besides, what does it matter if I lose? No, even if I lose, I won't let you win!
Zhang Ping, Slavnis, and Huang Tao were all placed in front of Zhang Yong using Miracle. Even though the four of them shared the same willpower due to the connection of Miracle, there was still a difference between who was hit first and who was hit second.
Therefore, Zhang Yong, who cultivated the animal path and the Asura path, decisively put the other three in front. Of course, Zhang Yong knew very well that they absolutely could not withstand it. Even if he stepped in himself, he could not withstand it. Just that completely opaque sword, which was painful to look at, was not something that could be withstood by breaking the limits of willpower. Unless Zhang Yong could immediately achieve the breakthrough of the boundary, there was no hope of him being able to withstand it.
Essentially, this attack wasn't meant to block the God-Slaying Will that transcends, but merely to buy some time for Zhang Yong to activate his seventh talent.
That's right, Zhang Yong is capable of unlocking his seventh talent, and he can also forcibly elevate himself to the seventh level of forging. This is also why Zhang Yong knows he cannot unlock his eighth talent and cannot take another step forward on the path of his original limit.
Because Zhang Yong in the future doesn't have an eighth elite talent, it's that simple.
The characteristic of miracles is that you can do whatever you want; as long as you can think of it and can afford the physical effort required to make it possible, you can achieve this.
As Odin said, these are special units created to guard against a certain hymn, beings outside the realm, capable of accomplishing almost anything, provided their physical strength allows.
So, can the smelting be completed using the Miracle Transformation method? The Tenth Knight told Zhang Yong that it was possible. Even if there were attenuations or hidden dangers, the possibility of completing the smelting using the Miracle Transformation method could not be denied.
So, is it possible to reverse the possibility of time through miracles? The actions of the Tenth Knight told Zhang Yong that it was indeed possible, the only problem being that the losses were too great to sustain.
With the above two conditions in place, Zhang Yong quickly realized some loopholes. For example, I need to determine what talent I will cultivate in the future, and then reproduce this understanding of talent in the present based on my own cognition, and realize it in a way that is in line with reality.
If this talent can be used in this way, then a new loophole has emerged: one can use the special talent of future forging in the present and obtain the true foundation of the seventh level.
The "Final Light" talent perfectly suited Zhang Yong's needs. It was developed based on Zheng Ke's "Fleeting Time" talent and was an anchor-type talent. Its effect was the same as when Zhang Yong pretended to manipulate time to restore himself to his peak condition when he fought Helian Tuomiao.
More importantly, this talent is based on the Miracle Man's effect outside the boundary. It is a talent that is cast from the future and anchored to the present. In essence, what Zhang Yong is doing now is just connecting the interface through Miracle Man, so that this effect can be manifested in the present.
At this moment, almost everyone watching from the outside world looked at Zhang Yong. His explosive improvement indicated that he had stepped into the seventh level, completely surpassing his predecessors and becoming the strongest veteran in the true sense.
However, even becoming the strongest was meaningless, as Guang Yuan's sword instantly killed the defenses provided by Zhang Ping and his two companions, as well as Zhang Yong behind them.
However, Zhang Huang then controlled Guang Yuan's body and swung his sword again. This sword made Zhang Huang see a certain fact clearly: Zhang Yong and his three subordinates were completely unharmed!
"I already told you, don't panic. Although I'll be using you as scapegoats, you can rest assured, nothing will happen," Zhang Yong said calmly to Zhang Ping and Slavnis, who were still in a daze. "I still have a trump card!"
"Damn it, you just threw the three of us over there to take the bullets!" Zhang Ping cursed angrily.
"It's alright, what's the panic? Sending the three of you over there was to buy me some time to unleash my trump card. Look how composed Brother Huang is, he hasn't said a word yet," Zhang Yong calmly explained in his mind. "We should learn from Brother Huang!"
"What just happened? I felt like they had killed me, so how did I come back to life?" Slavnis asked Zhang Yong, looking utterly astonished.
"Do you understand what it means to be a noble miracle, the embodiment of dignity beyond the boundaries? This is it. The other side did indeed kill us all, but as a miracle, I can naturally turn back this end to the moment before it was severed." Zhang Yong said arrogantly.
“Just now, I remember killing you.” Zhang Huang controlled Guang Yuan to jump back a few steps. By merging with Guang Yuan and controlling the sword thought and demonic thought, the two also gained the ability to fly. Well, it can’t really be called flying; it can only be described as high-speed flashing and jumping.
“That’s right, but I rewrote the ending. This is a final glimmer of light created in the future based on the fleeting nature of time.” Zhang Yong explained his talent to Zhang Huang in a very calm manner, just like a big boss.
"If the outcome of the kill is not predetermined, and there is such a possibility, the talent can be activated and restored to its original state," Zhang Yong continued to explain.
"Being countered by a Guidance-type talent, right?" Upon hearing such an outrageous talent, Zhang Huang was not surprised at all. Instead, he immediately revealed how to defeat the opponent.
"A guiding talent?" Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang, who were watching from the outside of the world, both looked at Zhang Ren, who was half-paralyzed beside them. There was nothing they could do; he had woken up too early, his mind was still foggy, and his condition was really not good.
“The final glimmer of light, oh, it should be some kind of expected talent born from the time difference seen in Odin’s Tomb.” Zhang Ren explained to Liu Zhang with a hint of weariness. The knowledge in his mind was being reconstructed. Once the reconstruction was complete, he would recover. Conversely, once he recovered, he would have the ability to command a large army.
The thing Zhang Ren remembers most in his mind right now is the talent structure, since he saw a lot of talent structures in Odin's Tomb. As for how to solve Zhang Yong's Last Light, the rather tired Zhang Ren gave the answer directly.
"Is it because of Odin's Tomb?" Huangfu Song asked, looking at Zhang Ren, who was half-paralyzed.
“Yes, Zhang Yong said he borrowed the talent of ‘Time Flies,’ but in reality, he probably also borrowed Odin’s immortality based on the small world. I even suspect that Zhang Yong’s current stubbornness is just an act. The fact that he can achieve the characteristic of ‘Final Light’ is also because he is in the small world.” Zhang Ren opened his eyes wider with difficulty and looked in Zhang Yong’s direction. After a while, he gave a very accurate answer.
Whether it was an act or not, Zhang Ren was the most qualified to speak on it, after all, he was the master of military acting, and no one in the entire Han Dynasty had more authority to speak on military acting than him.
Therefore, Zhang Yong's performance, which seemed quite smooth and casual, had too many immature and oversights in the eyes of Zhang Ren, the Best Actor.
For example, what Zhang Yong should do now is not to explain this talent to the other party like a big boss, but to rush up and perform it for the other party twice more. That way, whether the other party is willing to believe it or not, they will have to believe it. And if a strong person with a superior will believes it, then Zhang Yong can secretly anchor this belief through miracles, at least the foundation will be more real.
As for whether this thing is a manifestation of time-related talent, people are skeptical about Zhang Ren's acting skills. Miraculous people can indeed show the effect of interfering with time outside the boundary, but for such in-depth interference, Zhang Ren thinks it is better to bet that Zhang Yong's talent is not actually based on time!
"You don't think the other party's talent is based on time?" Sun Wu rarely spoke up on this matter. Of course, the main reason was that, based on Zhang Ren's previous remarks, he was already considered a decent person by Sun Wu's standards. However, Sun Wu was also somewhat curious about what Zhang Ren had done and how he had become like this.
“I’ve commanded them before. Miraculous beings outside the boundary can indeed demonstrate the effect of time interference, but it’s too cumbersome. Besides, I’ve seen methods very similar to Zhang Yong’s, namely Odin’s immortality in Odin’s Tomb,” Zhang Ren said with a hint of reminiscence. “Considering that Zhang Yong also participated in that battle, and was very deeply involved, plus the current favorable circumstances…”
Simply put, instead of relying entirely on time-based talents, it's better to use a special time-based talent to attach oneself to a small world, and then, based on the special characteristics of that small world, directly revive oneself after defeat.
As for the elimination rules of the small world, one can simply use a little bit of time-related power to return to the time before defeat and elimination.
Zhang Ren, who personally destroyed Odin's immortality, had a very accurate understanding of this system. Of course, the solution was just as Zhang Huang said: to use a method that determines fate to fundamentally deny Odin's immortality based on the small world.
Similarly, Zhang Yong's current form, achieved through special talent and miraculous transformation, also requires a way to determine his fate if he wants to resolve it.
Guidance-based talents are basically the standard answer.
“Wang Heng should be able to as well, but he’s not here.” After hearing Zhang Ren’s explanation, Guan Yu knew Zhang Yong’s current state. He had to sever the connection between the opponent’s talent and the small world, otherwise winning would be useless, as the opponent could be resurrected at any time.
"Actually, Ruishi should be able to do it too, it just depends on whether Zhang Huang can think of it." Huangfu Song said with a headache as he looked at Zhang Huang, who was maneuvering at high speed in the sky.
With another sword strike, Zhang Ping's spear was severed, and Zhang Yong was also seriously injured. However, when Zhang Huang looked back, he found that Zhang Yong's injuries had almost completely healed.
This is troublesome. Since Zhang Yong can't restrict Rui Shi's mobility, he's clearly preparing to use a map-wide attack. He's not attacking now because he's charging up. Once he finishes charging, he'll use Wings of Light to catch up and explode when he gets close enough. After Guang Yuan's body is blown up, it will be much easier for Zhang Yong to deal with Zhang Huang.
The will transcends to the point of being nothing more than a will body. Although it is still abnormally strong, it is ultimately a tree without roots and water without a source. For someone of Zhang Yong's level, it is not a problem to wear down the opponent to death.
"Zhang Huang, stop, don't attack yet, let me think." After two consecutive failed attacks, Zhang Huang, who was preparing to try another method, suddenly heard Guang Yuan's voice.
"What?" Zhang Huang stopped and then began to fall from the sky.
“Guidance-type talents can break the opponent’s status effects,” Guangyuan replied succinctly.
“We don’t have any talent for guidance,” Zhang Huang replied without hesitation.
“No, we do,” Guangyuan said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Huang exerted his strength and stomped in the air, rushing towards Zhang Yong's direction.
"I don't remember having any guidance-type talents?" Zhang Huang asked in surprise, then checked his skill set as he spoke, before stopping at the Death Sword.
“The Death Sword is a Guidance-type sword,” Guangyuan answered directly.
“But Death Sword didn’t kill the opponent before.” Zhang Huang frowned and said, but then he realized what he meant. “Death Sword killed the opponent, and then the opponent used some kind of talent to reverse death, making death a reality, and then came back to life?”
“Yes, this time we’ll just kill his talent directly!” Guang Yuan said coldly. “I suspect his seventh talent is the key to resurrection after death, so we’ll just eliminate his talent directly.”
"This is a bit difficult," Zhang Huang said with a sigh.
"You think it's hard to get started?" Guang Yuan said with a sneer. It would be very difficult for him to do this. After all, Zhang Yong's will was protected by miracles, and breaking through it was not something that could be done by normal willpower. But for Zhang Huang, you filled in the values with miracles, right? I filled in the values with willpower transcendence. Let's see who has more zeros!
"What if it gets really chopped up?" Zhang Huang asked with some concern.
"Let him practice again, it won't take much time," Guang Yuan said with a sneer. Zhang Huang thought about it for a moment and agreed. So he stopped talking about holding back, burned the demonic thought to death, and charged towards Zhang Yong with the Death Sword.
"It's over, Zhang Yong is going to lose." Huangfu Song shook his head repeatedly as he looked in Zhang Yong's direction. When Zhang Huang charged again with the Death Sword, Huangfu Song realized that the other party had come up with a plan.
Although Death Sword is a very niche guiding effect, and can only guide death, the range of this guiding death is very large, for example, it can be used to kill talents.
Standing in the sky, Zhang Yong looked at Zhang Huang, who was charging forward again with his sword, and shook his head. It was too late. He had already accumulated enough talent and ability to unleash a world-piercing spear tens of meters wide. By this time, it was too late for Zhang Huang to charge forward.
"Brother Huang, the game is over." Zhang Yong spread his arms and brought his legs together. Within a radius of more than ten meters, three-meter-long light spears appeared around Zhang Yong. Looking at Zhang Huang rushing towards him at high speed, Zhang Yong went all out and released all his accumulated power.
Twelve towering pillars of light crashed down from the sky, making Zhang Huang, who was flying straight towards the heavens with his sword, appear incredibly small beneath them.
"Zhang Huang!" Guang Yuan roared.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Huang no longer hesitated. He and Guang Yuan were ignited with the power of the Burning God, transforming into a semi-transparent, jet-black light sword. It cleaved through a pillar of light against the odds, and then, to Zhang Yong's astonishment, shattered the End of Light, reducing Zhang Yong to the level of a mortal. After ignoring the obstruction of Zhang Ping, Slavnis, and Zhang Yong, he struck Zhang Yong through with a single blow.
More importantly, to ensure that Zhang Yong and the three accomplices would not cause any trouble, Zhang Huang, while piercing through Zhang Yong's body, endured the severe damage that the Miracle Transformation inflicted on Zhang Yong's will, and the aftershocks also severely injured Zhang Ping and Slavnis!
As for Huang Tao, he was already deep in a sweet dream, and now he was completely fast asleep, the kind of person who wouldn't wake up for a while.
In Zhang Huang and Guang Yuan's words, "You bunch of bastards like to become weapons and aid the wicked, don't you? Fine, then you can become weapons completely!"
"Cough cough cough!" Even after suffering such a heavy blow, Zhang Yong was not completely dead. He even had the strength to grab the sword that had pierced him and forcibly pull it out of his heart.
“I… I actually… lost!” Zhang Yong stared at the jet-black, semi-transparent lightsaber.
To be honest, even after such a heavy blow, Zhang Yong was still a little bit away from death. In fact, if he had teammates willing to treat him, he could have recovered to about 70-80% in a while. Unfortunately, Zhang Yong was too arrogant when he stood in the sky. Now, due to the severe damage to his will and the tear in his heart, he no longer has the ability to control himself or his talents.
It's ridiculous to just watch one of your top elite soldiers fall to his death!
“Zhang Yong, this way of dying seems a bit undignified.” Under the protection of Zhang Huang’s transcendent will, Guang Yuan, who did not disappear with the annihilation of his body, appeared and said to Zhang Yong with a smile, “See? If you had been willing to listen to us just now, it wouldn’t have come to this, right?”
"I lost...I lost, but...it's not that I can't accept defeat," Zhang Yong said, spitting out blood, before plummeting straight down and crashing into a puddle.
Zhang Huang's will, floating in the sky, and Guang Yuan, who was sheltering within it, shook their heads repeatedly upon seeing this. Zhang Yong was incredibly stubborn; if they had said something nice, they wouldn't have let him die so undignifiedly.
"I'm leaving too." Guangyuan turned to Zhang Huang and said as Zhang Yong, who had fallen to the ground, disappeared in a flash of light. Zhang Huang released his protective will, and Guangyuan also disappeared in a flash of light.
"Hey, Wang Pa, you're still alive?" Zhang Huang descended as if he were a real person. He had a will that could transcend, so even if he was blown up, his will could be maintained for a considerable time as long as he wasn't severely damaged. Moreover, his physical body was still there, and he could maintain this state indefinitely. However, as soon as he descended, he saw Wang Pa emerging from the loose soil.
"I'm fed up with you guys! You throw all sorts of random moves around when you're fighting!" Wang Pa said with a frustrated expression as soon as he emerged from the loose soil and saw Zhang Huang.
“That’s not our problem, it’s Zhang Yong’s problem,” Zhang Huang said with a smile, looking Wang Pa up and down. The other man had quite a few injuries, but considering that Wang Pa himself was a military doctor, these injuries were really nothing.
"Where's Zhang Yong?" Wang Pa asked with a dark face. But it was just a question. He had seen Zhang Huang and the battle was over, so it was highly likely that Zhang Yong had been carried away.
“Too arrogant, he got killed by me and Lao Guang.” Zhang Huang said casually. “I’m also getting ready to leave. After being beaten like this, although I can still fight, it’s pointless. In my current state, I can’t use any conventional moves. Any move could damage the true will level of someone at the sixth level of fusion. I’m going to say a few words to Xiao Mao and then I’ll leave.”
Wang Pa looked Zhang Huang up and down, but couldn't see any difference between Zhang Huang and before. Moreover, the hand that the other person had on his shoulder felt heavy, which was quite absurd.
"You mean, you're not a physical entity right now?" Wang Pa looked him up and down carefully, but in the end, he couldn't see any difference.
“Yes, my will and my physical body are the same. As for the sense of touch and weight, it’s closer to my cognitive interference. I think it is so, and it will be so, especially when my will is completely separated, this interference will be very obvious.” Zhang Huang nodded and said, “However, my will can exist for a long time after it leaves my body.”
Of course, what Zhang Huang didn't say was that he was actually able to sense his physical body through the small world, so if his will didn't want to leave, he could stay indefinitely.
"This is truly amazing. How can I cultivate a willpower body like this?" Wang Pa asked, his eyes shining. This one looked incredibly strong, and the fact that Zhang Huang was unharmed after fighting Zhang Yong, who was in such an incredible state, further demonstrated the power of this willpower body.
"I don't know. To be honest, I don't know how I trained to achieve this. If it's about breaking the limit of willpower, you can still accumulate hundreds of willpower locks and willpower-guided arrows a day, but I'm not really sure about this one." Zhang Huang thought for a moment and said, "If you're interested, you can try to achieve the limit of willpower first. Once you reach the normal limit of willpower, then we can talk about my current state."
Outside the small world, watching Zhang Yong and Guang Yuan leave one after another, and seeing Zhang Huang who seemed completely unharmed, many people had the idea that there was always someone better.
"Is Zhang Huang really that exaggerated?" Liu Tong asked in surprise.
“The idea of surpassing one’s will is quite exaggerated,” Guan Yu answered on behalf of Chen Xi. “However, the reason it can be so exaggerated is mainly because Zhang Huang was able to perceive his own body. After his body was destroyed, his will was completely liberated.”
“Under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t be able to exert such power; his body couldn’t withstand it. No matter what kind of body he has, that’s the basic requirement,” Lu Bu replied casually.
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