Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 496: Chapter 250: Knight of Strife!_3

But for Wu Chang, he cannot be careless.

Wu Chang is different from any Desolate Realm Player he has encountered, including the young man who caused a stir in the Desolate Realm years ago, none was as peculiar as Wu Chang.

Authority, abilities against divinity, unavoidably bizarre elbow strikes, and a powerful item that forcibly stabilizes Schultz’s life.

Each one is extremely rare in the Desolate Realm, yet on Wu Chang, they seemed to pile up as if worth nothing.

God knows what strange trump cards this young man still holds; if the opponent happens to have the ability to counter his Buddha Body, he might indeed risk a downfall.

Therefore, the strategic core of Joy at the moment has only one word: steadiness!

Achieve victory through steadiness, ensuring he avoids mistakes while gradually squeezing out all of Wu Chang’s trump cards before seizing final victory.

While Joy is opting for steadiness, Wu Chang and Schultz complete their communication, and Schultz makes his move.

Schultz acts with utmost calmness, Wu Chang at his side can hardly sense his emotional fluctuations, he quietly ignites himself, transforming into a black-and-white flame.

The power of Virtue and Sin burns fiercely, the flame continuously condenses, compressing from a blazing fire to the size of a marble.

Like the altruistic deeds or heinous sins committed in reality, their ultimate origin is but a corner of the human heart.

The black-and-white flame condenses to the extreme, carrying Schultz’s entire energy, shooting fiercely towards Joy.

Schultz’s energy-concentrated strike brings a serious expression to Joy’s face.

He first transforms the giant umbrella back into the lotus platform, using the lotus platform as a shield, meeting the black-and-white flame.

However, Joy’s lotus platform is ultimately not a true treasure, merely a manifestation of a certain ability, under Schultz’s pure energy attack, the lotus platform shatters at the first touch, igniting into a blaze of black and white fire.

The momentum of the black-and-white flame doesn’t wane and moves forward, Joy swings his kasaya towards the flame, attempting to directly contain it.

But the flame condensed to the extreme is not easily subdued, the kasaya only encases the flame for a moment, the bright red kasaya is burned through with black holes, the flames continue their assault.

The black-and-white flame pierces through two defenses in succession, yet is weakened significantly by them; observing this, Joy clasps his palms together and thrusts them towards the flames.

Accompanied by a sizzling sound, the black-and-white flame is extinguished under Joy’s hands, leaving Schultz without energy, collapsing onto the ground, communicating one last message to Wu Chang.

”This is as far as I can go; the rest is up to you.”

Wu Chang nods, internally responding, ”Leave the rest to me.”

Joy clasps his palms together, his expression compassionate and stern, the golden body radiant, resembling an invincible true Buddha.

That prior move extinguishing the flame seemed effortless, yet Wu Chang knows the real situation of Joy is far less composed than he projects.

The reason is simple; his authority can start influencing Joy, the breakthrough point of authority is right in the palms of Joy!

Joy hesitates to release his clasped hands, precisely because the golden body in his palms has shattered, once the golden body breaks, maintaining his flawless status becomes difficult, opening him to the influence of authority.

Seize the opportunity when the adversary is weak.

Wu Chang activates the Chaos Authority to maximum, attacking the weak point of Joy’s golden body.

Joy feels the waves of authority washing over him, saying:

”Where did you acquire your authority, from the Desolate Realm or reality? Recently, it was with authority you seized the Pillar of the Present World.”

Wu Chang remains silent, intensifying the release of authority, although Joy is minimally affected, Mercury and his group can scarcely hold on, their bodies swaying, perched on the brink of the authority’s kill threshold.

However, one thing Wu Chang cannot comprehend is that he has located the breach in Joy’s golden body and can influence Joy with authority, yet why is the degree of influence on Joy so low?

It doesn’t make scientific sense.

Is it because Joy employed the World Tree Branch during descendance, enabling stronger powers, or is it purely because this guy hacked too?

Joy’s lips curve into a smile, his tone smooth and mentor-like, saying:

”Can’t fathom it, can you? Your seemingly invincible authority, why it fails at this moment?”

Wu Chang continues to urge the authority, counter-questioning: ”Because you possess authority too?”

Joy shakes his head, ”To master authority, one must comprehend the essence of rules and grasp the laws of all things; I am still far from that.”

Wu Chang inquires: ”Then why?”

Joy finally releases his clasped hands, Wu Chang can see, Joy’s palm indeed has a breach in the golden body, revealing the mortal flesh beneath.

He gestures, pulling Mercury and his group behind him, shielding them from the authority’s influence, while Joy stands firm like a reef in a storm, unmoved by the pounding waves.

Joy performs the Fearless Seal with one hand, and the Wish Seal with the other, one pointing up, another pointing down, simultaneously exposing two vulnerabilities in the golden body without concealment.

His gaze shifts from Wu Chang to Schultz, saying: ”Whether it’s your authority or his divinity, they’re all derived from external sources. Divinity is divinity, if not seen from within oneself, how can it culminate into True Divinity? Even among gods, there are distinctions.”

”True Gods, upon awakening, are unique; a false authority naturally cannot shake true divinity.”

Wu Chang’s gaze surpasses Joy, settling on Mercury and his group trembling in authority behind Joy.

Thinking to himself, when bragging, do you not consider your underlings? They each awaken their divinity, how come none retain value once numerical figures deplete?

Not to mention Mercury and the others, even if Leman and Desire Mother Goddess descended upon the Desolate Realm, they couldn’t remain immune to his authority.

Joy perceives Wu Chang’s gaze and softly supplements: ”Divinity awakened using items and assistance from the Abyss is considered external as well.”

This remark leaves Wu Chang stunned, his expression resembling that of an indifferent older gentleman with a phone.

No, seriously, what do you mean, could it be that everyone’s abilities derive from the Abyss except yours, which stems from authentic cultivation?

That seems somewhat defiant.

Wu Chang feels imbalanced, his Exorcism Talent, though utilized within the Abyssal Game’s rules, has constantly been targeted by administrators as a cheat.

The Joy before him, acquiring power beyond the game system honestly represents a hack; this you don’t scrutinize, do you happen to have connections?

Wu Chang asks: ”Sharing your secret like this, aren’t you afraid I’ll awaken the so-called True Divinity too?”

”Afraid!” Joy responds straightforwardly.

If anyone else said this, Joy would scoff, returning with how can one awaken by mere claim; are you about to ascend? But Wu Chang is different, Wu Chang has the favoritism of Abyssal Game Administrators, awakening True Divinity may be simpler than acquiring authority in the Desolate Realm.

At this moment, both parties perceive each other being obscure with the Abyssal Administrator.

Wu Chang curiously asks: ”Afraid yet you tell me?”

Joy candidly replies: ”Thus I don’t plan on letting you leave this instance alive.”

Wu Chang shrugs, the intel from Joy points him toward a path of True Divinity, his intuition suggests that path is the accurate one.

However, for now, he must continue on the erroneous path a bit longer.

He says to Joy: ”I believe there’s one aspect you’re mistaken about.”

Joy asks: ”Which aspect?”

Wu Chang: ”Our prior inability to defeat you wasn’t due to foreign power lacking the ability to overcome personal power, merely that the foreign power wasn’t strong enough.”

After Wang Chang speaks these words, the runes symbolizing order and chaos behind him cease fluctuating, halting external authority release, imprinting onto his body.

In the next moment, a divine power causing Joy to tremble surges from Wu Chang’s body.

For the first time, Wu Chang uses his reincarnation’s Ultimate Skill.

”Ultimate Skill: Knight of Strife”!