As the Godslayer Bansa's "Tear Star" battle axe loomed closer, the Zombie King executed the most difficult maneuver he had practiced during his time in the fire brigade. Little did he know, this would be the crucial step that briefly turned the tide of battle. The Zombie King bent down, leveraging the movement of corpses to increase his body's flexibility significantly. He rotated his body nearly parallel to the horizon, narrowly evading the horizontal swing of the "Tear Star" battle axe.
The speed of his reaction within the Godslayer's own domain was something even Bansa could not have anticipated. In that moment, he found himself marveling at the enhancements granted to the Zombie King by the Chaos Crystals; it was a substantial boost to his overall capabilities.
Having turned around, the Zombie King swung in a smooth arc, Dark Magic Chaos Power coalescing in his hand. With the tremendous acceleration from his turn, he launched a punch that exploded into Bansa's face like a shuttlecock struck by a racket! At that moment, Bansa's face was unprotected by a mask, and he truly felt the force of the Zombie King. His entire face contorted and deformed, features squished together as a dull thud echoed; propelled by that force, Bansa flew backward.
"Compared to dealing with Nars and that armored man, he's far stronger than I imagined."
However, Bansa was not so easily taken down by a single punch from the Zombie King. He quickly regained his footing. Surprised by how he was being pushed back in their confrontation with the Zombie King, he thought, "It seems I need a clever trick to obtain the Chaos Crystals within him."
"Is this all you can do as the Godslayer?!" The Zombie King shouted angrily, pointing at him as if to retaliate against Bansa's earlier taunts in the sky. The rotting flesh on his legs surged upward; his left hand formed a blade of Dark Magic Chaos Power while energy waves from White Crystal Chaos Power swirled on his right arm. He charged forward again, breaking through the ground toward Bansa!
Facing this assault from the Zombie King, Bansa showed no intention of dodging or defending himself. He lifted the "Tear Star" battle axe; his strength was so immense that it felt as if he were throwing a dart as he swung it with great force. The axe spun through the air like a high-speed gyroscope, slicing horizontally toward its target! The release of the "Tear Star" battle axe was accompanied by thunderous green energy waves, akin to a great white shark lunging at its prey with its massive jaws wide open—heading straight for the Zombie King.
"Ugh!"
The Zombie King felt as though his abdomen had suddenly been emptied. The tremendous impact from the axe caused him to grunt in pain; he felt weightless as an accelerating force pushed him backward. He had no idea what was happening to his body—everything transpired too quickly for him to react—until in that instant, it seemed as if the "Tear Star" battle axe had penetrated through him. His upper body soon fell to the ground while he struggled to stand up, only to realize that his legs had landed much farther away—he had been cleaved in two by the "Tear Star" battle axe!
"The sensation of being torn apart is unfortunate; as a zombie, you cannot truly comprehend it." Bansa approached what remained of the Zombie King's upper half on the ground. His "Tear Star" battle axe seemed to heed his call and spun back into his hand. "So it's regrettable there are no screams; I cannot relish in hunting you."
The Zombie King's teeth clenched tightly as he strained to lift his brow and look up at Bansa. He still attempted to hurl a chaotic energy ball at Bansa as he approached, but this trick had long been seen through by Bansa. After easily dodging it, he raised the "Tear Star" battle axe high and swung down toward the Zombie King's neck.
"You won't get away with this!"
An enormous force suddenly restrained Bansa's actions. Godslayer Bansa looked up in shock; standing once again was Blue Face Hero, who had previously been kicked aside. To Bansa's surprise, Blue Face Hero's right eye was not Nars' but rather that of a human being; only his left eye retained Nars' moonlight hue. Clearly, Liu Xuan was exerting himself—using Telekinesis! He forcibly controlled Bansa's descending axe, preventing it from striking down on the Zombie King's neck!
Bansa's power was overwhelming; even with Liu Xuan using all his might in Telekinesis—veins bulging on his forehead and muscles almost cramping—he could only barely contend with Bansa's grip on the massive axe.
"Nars..." Seeing that he could not overpower Liu Xuan’s efforts, Bansa decided to retract the "Tear Star" battle axe. Observing Blue Face Hero’s relieved expression after releasing Telekinesis made him chuckle. "You've been residing in a savage's body for so many years and still managed to teach him Telekinesis—what an effort."
"Liu Xuan, you don't need to get involved any further," Nars signaled Liu Xuan. Then Blue Face Hero’s eyes shifted entirely to a soft moonlight hue. "Bansa, it seems today I must settle things with you."
"Mind your tone when speaking, Inner Beings' little prince! I've conquered more planets than you've grown vegetables in your garden." Bansa raised his battle axe toward Blue Face Hero. "You think you can defeat me alone? That's pure folly."
Blue Face Hero ceased wasting words with him; for their final confrontation, he would unleash all his power against Bansa. This would mark their first clash since the conclusion of the lunar civil war between Inner Beings' leader and internal Human emperor. A buzzing sound erupted! The Time-Space Equipment Library materialized at Blue Face Hero’s right arm side; a square equipment box seemed magnetically drawn and attached itself there before rapidly assembling itself into a cannon at his fist while forming an energy extractor on his upper arm—this extractor operated similarly to Tianchuang Gloves for extracting antimatter from space.
Seeing his opponent brandish a weapon, Bansa lifted the "Tear Star" battle axe once more; energy gathered at its blade tip until one could see twinkling starlight within its eyes on either side. At this moment, “Tear Star” resembled a wand as it gathered into an increasingly large green orb before being tossed toward Blue Face Hero!
In an instant, the energy extractor roared loudly as Blue Face Hero raised his cannon and aimed it at the flying orb; he transformed recently extracted antimatter into high-speed energy projectiles—the gunfire rang out as countless tiny energy bullets rushed toward Godslayer’s thrown orb.
Then something dreamlike occurred: under attack from antimatter energy bullets, the massive green orb appeared to vaporize like it was nearing the Sun—emitting white smoke and piercing sounds while its speed drastically decreased. The continuous barrage of antimatter energy bullets seemed to provide strong resistance until finally halting this orb between Ban Sa and Nars.
The orb came to rest and began involuntarily absorbing antimatter energy bullets! This phenomenon caused Ban Sa to drop his battle axe in disbelief. Nars’ intelligence remained as impressive as during their lunar civil war—a fact Ban Sa never denied.
Ultimately, under Blue Face Hero’s relentless antimatter energy bullet assault, this orb gradually diminished in size while continuously condensing together—as if opening a gaping maw—but everything appeared gray—the reaction between antimatter energy bullets and Ban Sa’s gathered energy orb through Spell Arts triggered an unexpected event: a small Dimensional Rift suddenly opened!
The allure of the Dimensional Rift was akin to that of a black hole, its powerful gravitational pull drawing both Godslayer and Blue Face Hero toward its center, leaving them unable to resist.
Yet, this was precisely the effect Blue Face Hero desired! Before the Dimensional Rift vanished, this cataclysmic force would persist. Even though this small Dimensional Rift could only exist for a few seconds, it was sufficient to pull Godslayer and Blue Face Hero into close proximity. Ban Sa had practiced Spell Arts, and Nars had dabbled in them as well, so he understood the vulnerabilities of space-based Spell Arts—any form of energy within these arts feared interaction with Antimatter. Just as Cosmic Energy could not coexist with opposing Cosmic Energy, the resulting Dimensional Rift would exert tremendous influence on surrounding objects and space.
Godslayer hurriedly drove his Tear Star battle axe into the ground, using his arm strength to stabilize himself, fighting against the pull toward the center. He shouted to the other side of the Dimensional Rift, “Nars! Do you want us all to be absorbed into another dimension?!”
“Absorbed into another dimension…”
Ban Sa's words echoed fleetingly in Blue Face Hero's ears, yet he registered them. In that moment, a strategy against Godslayer began to form in his mind. But now was not the time!
Due to the insufficient intensity of the energy sphere, the Dimensional Rift lasted only two seconds before vanishing. The recently opened Dimensional Rift resembled a massive black eye or a barrier obscuring their view of each other's actions. At the instant it disappeared, Godslayer had yet to retrieve his Tear Star battle axe when Blue Face Hero executed a 180-degree aerial turn. In his hand was a bizarre-looking melee weapon that glinted ominously; he thrust it forward, slicing across Godslayer's face and causing a spray of black blood to erupt!
The excruciating pain instinctively made Godslayer cover his face. As he lowered his hand, he realized with shock that Blue Face Hero had indeed wounded him!
This was exactly what Blue Face Hero wanted!
Nars was acutely aware of his disparity with Ban Sa. The latter's ability to dominate the cosmos relied heavily on his formidable Spell Arts prowess and his indomitable world-destroying battle axe. By any measure, Nars knew he was no match for him. Nevertheless, Nars remained confident in his close-quarters combat skills; Spell Arts were primarily for ranged attacks. With his martial arts and targeted weapons from the Third-Order Space-Time Equipment Library, perhaps there was still a chance for counteraction!
By exploiting Godslayer’s expertise in space-based Spell Arts’ weaknesses and causing Antimatter to react with his condensed energy sphere to create a massive Dimensional Rift, Blue Face Hero could leverage the inherent opacity and terrifying gravitational pull of the Dimensional Rift to forcibly reduce their distance. This would create an optimal timing advantage and counterattack opportunity for close combat!
As Godslayer clenched his bloodied hand and lifted his head, Blue Face Hero charged forward with a punch—
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