Chapter 1490: Chapter 1167: A Gift from the Future
The Giant’s innate power was channeled into his fist as Long Yi took the initiative to strike, landing another heavy punch on his adversary. However, both parties stood their ground, unmoved!
"Do you think we would attempt an assassination on you without any understanding? If that’s what you believe, then you are seriously underestimating us. I know you very well, Giant Long Yi, all your secrets are within our grasp. Be it your Divine Power or your God Eater, none of it has any effect on me!"
Hearing Wu Se reveal all his secrets, both Long Yi and Elsa tensely scanned their surroundings, but all was eerily quiet. The once noisy stands were now utterly silent. Every person there, whether a warrior, Group Leader, or the Emperor, was frozen in their current action.
"Space-time Freeze, both you and I are now within the frozen space-time. Even if we battle all day, to them, it would seem but a mere instant. You don’t have to worry about your secrets being revealed because you’ll be dead soon, and the dead have no need for secrets."
Long Yi indeed found that he was completely unable to release any energy in this place, whether it was the power of the Giant, Divine Power, or even the rules. Naturally, the Worm couldn’t appear! It seemed they were determined to engage Long Yi in hand-to-hand combat.
"How unexpected, don’t you know that my real strength lies in fighting skills?" Long Yi said with a smile.
"Yes, we are aware that your strength lies in fighting skills. But we also know that without your various techniques, you are merely an ordinary Giant. I, on the other hand, am a god!"
The opponent was actually a god! Even though Long Yi couldn’t sense any Divine Power or Divine Status, he figured there was no need for the other to boast such a claim.
"Alright, god, let’s see who is stronger!"
Bang!
The self-proclaimed god, Wu Se, shook off his armor to reveal a body made of Fine Gold. Judging from the structure of his joints, he seemed to belong to the same species as the time-space assassin they had encountered before. However, he appeared stronger than that assassin. Pure fighting skill was about who was tougher and, at least for the moment, it seemed that Long Yi did not have the upper hand.
No, even his fighting skills were the same!
To Long Yi’s surprise, Wu Se’s fighting skills were strikingly similar to his own.
"Hey, where did you learn these moves? Don’t tell me I taught you them!" Long Yi shouted.
"Heh, to defeat your enemy, you must first understand your enemy! Learning your fighting skills is just a part of it!"
Indeed, Long Yi quickly realized that Wu Se had learned thoroughly; battling him felt like fighting against another version of himself. The techniques used, the timing of actions, and even the fighting style were completely similar.
"Do you really lack that much confidence in yourselves, to copy everything I do?" Long Yi spoke as he fought, now being suppressed!
"As long as it’s effective and it kills you, any price is worth paying!" Wu Se replied.
Their exchanges of blows became faster and faster, and Long Yi’s entire suit of energy armor showed significant damage. Long Yi simply banished the armor to his personal space and summoned a Fine Gold substitute.
"Since you want to play, let’s play for real!"
Clang!
Two Fine Gold fists collided head-on, and their fingers deformed upon impact. However, in the next instant, another set of fists clashed together.
"You’ve learned quite thoroughly!" Long Yi exclaimed.
But Wu Se was silent, focused on the fight. Their fists’ speed increased further, and as they continually collided, sparks sprayed out. However, neither side showed any sign of retreat; on the contrary, they pressed ever closer!
Suddenly, both of them swung their fists, aiming directly at each other’s heads!
"Bang! Bang!"
Both fists struck their targets hard, and the necks of both Wu Se and Long Yi’s Fine Gold substitute were twisted out of alignment! And not just their necks; their fingers had severely deformed as well!
"Damn, I’ve never encountered such a tough enemy before," exclaimed Long Yi, his hands becoming supple and then returning to normal. He then straightened his own neck with a quick jerk. On the other side, Wu Se’s hands broke into tiny fragments, and then self-repaired.
Disintegration? Self-repair? This reminded Long Yi of Ruosha’s Nightmare Knight Order. The Nightmare Knights were combat Golems created in the middle Plane, possessed by a Divine Worm that had stolen Giant technology, capable of self-repair no matter how badly shattered. It was this ability that allowed the Nightmare Knights to shine in various wars.
And this assassin before him, his entire body made of Fine Gold, possessed the self-repairing ability like that of the Nightmare Knights!
"Wu Se, what exactly are you?" Long Yi said in a low voice.
"I am the Reaper come to harvest your life!" Wu Se did not respond directly, his tone unchanged as he charged at Long Yi again.
No, things weren’t that simple.
In time travel, only Fine Gold could stabilize space-time; this was confirmed by Suolin. To travel through time, one must encase a person entirely in Fine Gold, leaving no gaps, to shield from space-time turbulence.
