Chapter 262: Chapter262-Defeating the Projection
"Challenging my own projection, huh? Fine."
After pondering for a moment, John still decided to fight it.
Looking across all the regions he could currently reach, this projection was probably the only thing capable of fighting him.
He took one step forward.
In the next instant!
The third floor of the Holy Grail space began to surge with pale golden Divinity mist. The rules of the entire space were instantly mobilized by John.
John lightly stepped forward. Around him flowed the radiance of the three Phoenix God-rank skills, while the spatial patterns of Voidrealm Domain faintly circulated over his body.
Even though shifting and spell skills could not be used here, the authority of the Phoenix was sufficiently high.
With his own base attributes and Phoenix abilities, he could forcibly ignore the restrictions of the Forbidden Law!
Buzz—
Space trembled violently.
Not far away, a figure whose appearance, equipment, and base attributes were completely identical to John’s when he had last entered the Holy Grail space slowly condensed into form.
[Prompt: John Projection has been activated. It possesses your full combat strength before your breakthrough at Level 399, all of your old talents, SS-grade skills, and your full set of SS/S-grade equipment!]
The projected John raised his eyes.
The power of the five Divine Classes erupted at the same time.
A warrior’s great blade, an assassin’s shadow, an archer’s light arrow, and a priest’s holy light intertwined, crushing toward John’s true body like an overwhelming tide.
"Heh. My past self should also see how great the difference is between then and now."
John’s expression remained calm.
With a thought—
[Voidrealm Domain] thunderously expanded.
The entire Holy Grail space was instantly sealed off. All of the projection’s Instant Move and charge skills were rendered ineffective. It was firmly trapped inside the domain, unable to break free even by half a step.
The projection’s expression changed drastically. It activated all its skills with full force and bombarded John. Countless law attacks and attribute damage poured down.
"Void Rift."
John gave a soft, low shout.
Layer upon layer of pitch-black spatial rifts tore open around him.
[Void Rift activated. Gold coins are being consumed!]
A massive amount of gold coin resources was consumed every second.
The pitch-black rifts devoured all of the projection’s attacks. Warrior slashes and priestly holy healing suppression all dissolved completely. Not even the slightest aftershock landed on John.
Seeing that its offense was ineffective, the projection immediately switched into an offensive stance and fully unleashed its Absolute True Damage talent, attempting to break through John’s defense.
But Void Rift also switched into its attack form.
Ignoring all of the projection’s Strength, Agility, Mind, and Stamina attributes, spatial blades swept out one after another, instantly carving countless wounds across the projection’s body.
[-102983838!]
[-10827720!]
The projection’s HP plummeted wildly.
It hurriedly activated all of its life-saving methods, trying to conceal itself through the trajectory of fate and wait for an opportunity to break through.
But John had already awakened the Primordial Body of [Chosen of Destiny], making him permanently immune to fate curses, deduction, and locking.
All of the projection’s fate-type methods failed completely.
"My past self is truly weak."
John slightly raised his hand.
In his palm, scorching crimson Phoenix Fire suddenly ignited.
Hiss!
Flames coiled around his body.
Even though the projection desperately detonated all of its equipment and unleashed an explosion powerful enough to severely injure a demigod, the moment those fatal impacts landed on John, Fate’s Favor automatically triggered its 75% Fate Immunity.
He endured the destructive blow without taking any damage.
[-0!]
The projection’s combat strength rapidly declined. Its trump cards were all exhausted, and it no longer had any strength to resist.
"Looks like this is all my past strength amounted to."
John no longer held back.
Voidrealm Domain contracted.
Void Rift erupted at full power.
The tearing force completely crushed the projection’s body.
Bang!
The projection’s body collapsed inch by inch, transforming into countless Divinity light particles that scattered throughout the Holy Grail space.
[Ding! Congratulations, John, you have successfully defeated your own projection!]
[Reward: Divine Class Points +50,000!]
[Reward: Gold coins +80,000,000,000!]
[Prompt: You have triggered the [Chosen of Destiny] talent. Under the enhancement of Primordial Body, all attributes have permanently increased by an additional 200%, and all divine abilities and skills have been amplified by 100%!]
Hearing the prompt, John casually opened his own panel and glanced at it.
His current panel had already become even more terrifying.
"I didn’t expect the effects of Chosen of Destiny to actually be this powerful. Looks like I underestimated this talent before."
"Without the Phoenix divine abilities and without the Chosen of Destiny talent, even a difference of a single line is like the gap between heaven and earth."
John shook his head.
Then he began modifying the rules of the third floor of the Holy Grail space once again.
Now that he had defeated the old version of his projection, he naturally had the qualifications to place down a new projection and reshape the trial rules.
John raised his hand and firmly solidified his current new projection within the third-floor space, replacing the old projection he had just destroyed.
His gaze swept across the densely packed list of modifiable rules, and thoughts rapidly turned in his mind.
"The old four rules can only target ordinary players and beta-test powerhouses."
"But the ones who will break into this place next include demigods of the myriad races and quasi-god-level powerhouses. I need to add more shackles."
After thorough consideration, John immediately finalized the fifth core rule:
All Divinity divine abilities and God-rank talents are forbidden in this place.
This rule directly sealed away the greatest reliance of all outside powerhouses. Even if they possessed God-rank methods, once they stepped onto the third floor, those methods would all become useless.
Immediately afterward, he continued adding the sixth rule:
All immunity, life-saving, and resurrection-type passive effects are forbidden in this place.
With this, heaven-defying passive effects such as Fate Immunity, Nirvana Rebirth, and talent-based life-saving abilities would all become ineffective in this trial space.
John looked at the two newly added rules and nodded slightly, but he still felt it was not secure enough.
After pondering briefly, he added a seventh harsh rule:
All attributes of challengers who enter the trial will be forcibly suppressed to 30%, while the projection’s own attributes will remain at 100% of their full value.
The seven rules stacked layer upon layer and locked each other down.
They directly raised the difficulty of the third-floor trial to an unimaginable level.
The original close-combat battlefield had completely transformed into an overwhelming trial of despair.
Mages had no skills.
Archers had no long-range attacks.
Powerhouses had no divine abilities.
Top experts had no life-saving methods.
Everyone’s attributes were brutally slashed down.
Any challenger who came here could only rely on 30% of their base physical combat strength to forcibly withstand John’s brand-new projection at full status and full base values.
"Now this is perfect."
"The old rules counter players, while the new rules counter even the demigods and quasi-gods of the myriad races."
"Even if Jaeger, who is about to arrive, steps into this place, he can only be crushed alive by my projection."
John’s gaze was calm as he looked at the seven spatial rules he had layered together without the slightest flaw. His heart was extremely satisfied.
From this day onward, the third floor of the Holy Grail space had completely become an exclusive unsolvable trial ground belonging to John.
...
"I should also take a look at the fourth floor of the Holy Grail when I have time.
"But the most urgent matter is still dealing with the upcoming invasion of the myriad races.
"As for the fourth floor of the Holy Grail space, I can only check it out later when I have time."
With a thought, John immediately prepared to leave the Holy Grail space.
But at that moment, the space before his eyes suddenly stirred.
In the next instant, a long-absent Valhalla member, Odelle, actually appeared inside the Holy Grail space.
