The Strongest Punch, Supreme Experts Defeated

Every object had its own unique "scent"—or rather, that "scent" was essentially a form of information.

After activating Limit Break Spiral, Bai Cangshu could directly acquire the existence of that information.

To his senses, the chestnut-haired Shōnen, Mist, did not seem human at all.

The flesh on his body had completely departed from the information a human body should possess.

It was a special substance that had never existed before.

After repeated probing, Bai Cangshu guessed that the other party’s ability most likely came from the esper ability Un-yuan Matter from A Certain Magical Index World. However, unlike the one in Academy City, this Reincarnator had created a substance with special properties.

It could contain and devour anything it touched, or transform those things into some form of energy and absorb them.

In Bai Cangshu’s view, the structure of the other party’s body now possessed properties somewhat akin to a "black hole."

His fist force, Satsui no Hado, and Dodon Ray were all absorbed the instant they came into contact with the other party’s flesh.

That was why the other party could ignore his first two rounds of attacks. Even One Instant Thousand Strikes, which unleashed countless attacks in an instant, would be useless if it could not truly touch its target. The finishing move formed by combining One Instant Thousand Strikes with Death Intent Senluo had therefore lost its effect as well.

Boom!

A wing-like force field erupted from behind the other party. This scene was exactly like how the one in Academy City used his ability.

Yet the effect it created was completely different. Bai Cangshu immediately sensed an overwhelming force striking out of thin air.

Buzz!

A Vacuum Wave and shockwave erupted together at close range. Bai Cangshu wanted to test the other party’s ability, so he did not activate Musō Tensei and simply crossed his arms before him.

The next instant, Bai Cangshu’s expression changed. A force exceeding one thousand points exploded violently against his arms.

The air instantly warped. Even the space between the two seemed to ripple. Crushed by two terrifying forces, the air was continuously compressed ahead of the Vacuum Wave before emitting a dazzling white radiance.

Boom!

Once the air had been compressed to its limit, the two forces collided, and boundless light and heat erupted from the impact.

Bai Cangshu’s right arm twisted. The terrifying force compressed and distorted his body before sending him flying backward with a resounding crash.

Like a white ray, he pierced through Aiva’s Primordial Jungle in an instant. Amid the violent shaking of the entire White Jade Arena, he smashed through the outer wall on the other side and was plastered against the silvery-white stream of information in the void.

All the top Reincarnators watching from above abruptly rose to their feet. Since the Crown of Supremacy contest had begun, this was the first time Mercenary Tao, the East District monster, had been forced back.

Since every one of them had previously been overwhelmingly slaughtered by Mercenary Tao at least once, they understood the significance of this better than anyone.

"So strong… Is that Mist from the West District?!"

Wu Sang clenched his fists. He felt that, compared to the previous cycle, he was now even farther from the Crown of Supremacy.

Mist was incredibly mysterious, and few knew the true nature of his ability. Yet as the most powerful Reincarnator in the West District who had yet to announce his submission to "Ye Di," his reputation had always been well known.

Saint also watched the battle below with a solemn gaze. He considered himself no weaker than an ordinary Supreme Expert.

Without the powerful ability enhancement of the Crown of Supremacy, he was even confident he could defeat some of the so-called Crowned Ones.

He wanted to seize a crown and add strength to that lord’s grand cause.

But the two below… were unimaginably powerful!

"Ha, haha… So you have an ability like that too. You’re really not bad~"

Mercenary Tao’s laughter interrupted everyone’s thoughts. Only then did they remember that being able to participate in the contest for the Crown of Supremacy at least meant that, according to the Space Panel’s judgment, Mercenary Tao indeed qualified as a candidate for "Supreme Expert in the physique domain."

Among categories used to assess a Reincarnator’s physique-related abilities—defense, regeneration, immortality, immunity, and the like—Mercenary Tao had at least one that had reached the absolute peak.

Bai Cangshu pulled himself off that wall of void. By the time he landed, the bones in his broken arm and his twisted muscles had already completely recovered.

He looked at the Shōnen standing motionless where he was, white wings still continuously emitting terrifying pressure, and his eyes brimmed with amusement.

"Not only can you swallow those attacks, you can also release them in this form…"

"In a sense, you truly deserve the title of Supreme Expert in the physique domain."

The Shōnen tapped the ground with his toes and floated lightly into the air. To him, things like strength and energy were unnecessary.

He knew very well that ever since he had truly obtained this ability, all that remained for him to do was calculate.

Mist’s esper ability had an unusual origin. He had not gained a bloodline or esper ability by opening a Drop Card.

He had truly entered Academy City and gradually awakened this esper ability himself through hidden plot quests.

He had never told anyone of that bleak past—of being a test subject, of being an insect that would be erased the moment he could no longer endure the torment and revealed even the slightest information about the Space Panel.

He had returned from hell and become a new Level 5.

"I’m guessing there’s a ‘but’ coming."

When the Shōnen spoke, he was still a hundred meters away. By the time his voice reached Bai Cangshu’s ears, he was already behind him.

Thanks to Bai Cangshu’s uninhibited release of power in the earlier battle, the energy accumulated within him was terrifyingly great.

A movement of this level did not even count as a negligible expenditure.

Bai Cangshu abruptly raised a hand. Another intense impact erupted from behind him. Since Mist was not using his hands or feet, the angles at which he released his "force" were extremely tricky. It was almost as though they appeared from thin air, and their directions were completely irregular.

Even with Bai Cangshu’s current Force Dissipation technique, he could not fully neutralize it. Struck by the enormous force, Bai Cangshu spun several times through the air before steadying himself in midair.

From the corner of his eye, he saw the giant serpent above raising her head in chant. Blood Magic and witchcraft were brewing.

Meanwhile, beneath the earth, two authorities were merging as one. The authority of earth served as the foundation, forcibly nurturing the authority of life to a higher level.

These three Supreme Experts from the previous cycle truly each had their own methods.

"But…"

As the Shōnen wished, Bai Cangshu said that word.

He shook his head. No matter how powerful an esper ability was, no matter how formidable one’s calculating ability, it was impossible for it to be flawless.

Besides, at the current level of Reincarnators, even if special chips had been implanted into one’s brain, their computational power could not possibly reach that level.

Ultimately, for a Reincarnator, the only way for one move to conquer all was… absolutely invincible power!

Boom!

Flesh and blood burst upward alongside golden qi.

Mist raised his eyes and watched as the even more powerful aura around Mercenary Tao’s body surged skyward. It even began to scour and corrode Mercenary Tao’s body, which surpassed that of most physique-specialized Reincarnators.

Overly violent energy began tearing apart the body of this monstrous Martial Artist from within.

In exchange for paying such a price, Mercenary Tao’s aura had become utterly terrifying.

Eightfold Kaio-ken!

Bai Cangshu forcibly activated Eightfold Kaio-ken, and his entire body began showing signs of nearing collapse.

You have encountered a witchcraft curse.

Every instance of damage you suffer from this point onward will stack with the previous instance and erupt together. This ability can stack up to 5 times.

You have encountered a bloody curse.

Due to the gift of the God of Tyranny, you are immune to this curse.

Rings of light appeared across Bai Cangshu’s body at once. Feathers began drifting down from the sky, while faint shrieks gradually grew clearer.

Ring after ring of illusory ripples spread outward from above.

You have been affected by an unknown Heart Light Pulse. Every portion of flesh and blood you lose will become a gift, granting a buff to Reincarnator ZC30997144.

Above the Primordial Jungle, the scales covering the giant serpent’s body flipped upward one by one, and white feathers grew out from beneath them. She was utterly delighted. As Mercenary Tao continuously burned his own flesh, she sensed an immense amount of flesh-and-blood energy within it.

That quantity was even greater than what she had absorbed during her previous battle with Aiva.

She began to grow more powerful than ever before.

The giant serpent opened her enormous jaws from above, gathering golden energy within them.

Bai Cangshu turned his gaze back to the mist, whose white wings were spread wide. One Karma Point had vanished, and a scarlet phantom began to emerge.

Omen of the Evil God had been activated.

Crack, crack… boom!

The ground beneath Bai Cangshu’s feet gradually cracked before collapsing with a boom, forming a massive pit dozens of meters wide.

He merely stood there, yet the qi and force naturally radiating from his body began crushing the ground beneath him.

Aiva discovered that no matter how she urged it, the giant tree beneath that patch of ground could not break through the surface. The terrifying pressure had compressed the earth until it was as solid as steel.

Aiva’s mind shifted several times before she slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. Her thoughts gradually calmed, and she began accepting the fact that, in this battle, she and the others were the inferior side.

In truth, apart from Mist, both she and Itzpapalotl had already been suppressed by Mercenary Tao. It was not simply a matter of losing to Mercenary Tao in vitality or the physique domain.

But Mercenary Tao’s overall strength truly defied comprehension.

She cast aside all pride. Her entire body seemed to become an empty shell as her Life Furnace-like immortal body burned in the void, while her consciousness continuously collapsed back into the deepest recesses of her soul.

There stood a lofty divine altar. Her own soul was within it, looking down upon everything.

The earth-yellow authority and the emerald-green authority circled at either side of her soul.

For humans to truly master authority, touching the truth of the soul was essential.

Only by forging a divine altar for oneself, building a divine kingdom, refining divine power, and igniting divine fire could one ultimately fully possess Divine Power.

Before that, humans were merely agents of Divine Power and authority.

And now, she would take another step forward!

Buzz~

In the void, the earth-yellow authority shattered. Within the ground below, its power immediately dispersed as if it had lost its nourishment. In contrast, the emerald-green divine authority blazed to life in an instant.

The earth nourished life. That was precisely how the Mother Goddess had been born in ancient times.

She continuously returned to Gaia’s will, divine power seeping into her body bit by bit.

Crack, crack. Aiva’s skin began to split, and emerald-green patterns crawled over her entire body.

She merely stood in place, yet began radiating pressure in every direction. Her very existence started to compress the material world around her.

Aiva began obtaining a true divine body!

She opened her eyes. Divine light was restrained within her emerald-green pupils, but before she could speak, Mercenary Tao’s voice rang out as though he had already grown tired of waiting.

"Looks like you’re all ready. Then…"

"Here I come!"

Aiva’s vision went blank, and she only felt a crimson heat wave rushing at her.

The next instant, she was blasted away with a bang.

The terrifying shockwave sent her flying like a ray, streaking across the Primordial Jungle that covered several kilometers before crashing into the wall.

The divine power of life flowed across her body. Though she was not injured, she… had not seen what happened at all.

The next moment, golden light lanced down from the sky. It was the special breath unleashed after Itzpapalotl transformed, no different from the breath of a true Dragon Clan member.

Yet an abrupt feeling of emptiness swept across heaven and earth. Then a blood red palm print struck through the air, dispersing the breath that seemed capable of melting everything. The palm force continued onward and struck the feathered serpent directly on the head.

Bang!

The feathered serpent could not withstand that force. It was sent swinging sideways through the air, smashing the Primordial Jungle apart from the head onward before being flung away as well.

Aiva could not stand by and watch Mercenary Tao defeat them one by one. She stepped forward, and an emerald-green phantom emerged from her body, transforming into a figure hundreds of meters tall in an instant.

The Life Furnace burned within her. At this moment, she nearly possessed a trace of the bearing of the Mother Goddess of Life. Standing upon the earth, she felt authority flowing into her without end.

She pressed a palm down at Mercenary Tao from the sky.

Bai Cangshu felt that pressure, but he merely laughed wildly at Mist. The flesh on his body had already scattered to the point that even his facial bones were exposed.

Countless lights burst from his eyes in an instant. The Gods above also rose one after another as terrifying pressure descended alongside Aiva’s divine body.

Mist saw those eyes, and his heart jolted. The high-speed calculations constantly running within his mind nearly broke apart.

He disliked dealing with people, traveled alone, disliked speaking, and disliked fighting because his ability required him to maintain an enormous volume of calculations at all times.

At this moment, horrifying terror struck him. He almost instinctively wanted to imitate and calculate Mercenary Tao’s current state.

What kind of Pupil Technique were those eyes? What was that state? What was this stance before him…

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Violent impacts came one after another, nearly without pause. Formless and invisible impacts destroyed everything around them.

According to the Space Panel, the scarlet phantom surrounding Mercenary Tao was an ability called Omen of the Evil God, which could directly unleash impacts based on the difference in strength between both sides.

He felt that destructive force. Nearly every strike could directly blast apart a top-tier Defense-Specialized Reincarnator.

In other words… the gap between Mercenary Tao’s strength and his own had already reached such a degree…

What if he did not have Un-yuan Matter’s absorption?

The thought surfaced for only an instant before Mist discarded it. He immediately adjusted his mindset.

The stronger and crazier Mercenary Tao became, the stronger he would become!

He began altering his body structure. As he continuously absorbed the impact force, a second pair of white wings appeared.

In an instant, he shattered the surrounding space. Fine black cracks appeared as he Teleported behind Mercenary Tao.

At the same time, the giant serpent’s tail swept in from the other side.

And the enormous divine phantom pressed down with one palm.

Bai Cangshu’s white long hair rolled backward and even began to drift away. His entire being was without joy or sorrow as his state of mind continuously collapsed.

His killing intent completely withdrew until it vanished.

The Realm of Nothingness opened once more.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three impacts erupted against his body, yet Bai Cangshu seemed to evade them perfectly at the slightest margin. Even the impacts emitted by the white wings, whose directions were the most chaotic, were avoided.

He took two steps back, and all three of them had already appeared directly before him.

His tightly clenched right fist slowly tightened. A strange essence emerged from it alongside one concept after another.

In that instant, Mist saw a terrifying phantom behind Mercenary Tao.

A feeling of Silence across heaven and earth emerged.

Can I block it? Can I absorb it…?

His heart instinctively wavered. It was not because his will was too weak, but because an invincible aura surged into him.

He was completely suppressed by that rhythm, by that unique meaning.

That punch… was invincible!

This was not a suggestion, but a fact.

Boom!

He saw Mercenary Tao fully throw a punch, and then everything vanished.

When Mist regained his senses, he found himself seated upon a white jade chair. On the other side of the viewing platform, Itzpapalotl and Aiva were also slowly re-forming from streams of information.

Three Supreme Experts had been killed by a single punch!