Multiverse Skill System

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Yi Shuihan estimated the gap between the two sides.

"Human brat, I'm going to kill you."

Like a vengeful ghost from the deepest abyss, a voice filled with resentment emanated, and Yi Shuihan seemed to see countless people wailing and howling.

"Interesting, surprisingly interesting. But then again, he is essentially at the level of a Chaos Emperor, so it's normal for him to have rationality."

Surprised that the other party had actually spoken, Yi Shuihan wasn't too worried. Even if the other party wasn't a Chaos Emperor, Yi Shuihan wasn't necessarily going to lose.

With a beckoning gesture, Yi Shuihan grinned and said menacingly, "Come on, let me beat you to death."

Chapter 1274, Full Power Unleashed

A fierce collision rang out, signifying the start of the most intense battle below the Chaos Emperor level.

Both Yi Shuihan and the unknown demon unleashed power that terrified the quasi-emperors. If Yi Shuihan had previously impressed them with his treasures, he was now relying on his true strength.

"Why is he so strong? I clearly felt that his lightning technique was only at the level of the sixth level of the Tower of Babel."

"Such a powerful body! Even if one has fully condensed the Chaos Body, one shouldn't be this strong!"

"It's as if he possesses endless power of the realm, it's incredible."

"I don't understand at all, but right now the stronger he is, the better."

Perhaps because nurturing this chaotic demonic core consumed too much power, the core's energy gathering speed has now dropped to about one-tenth of its initial speed, making it appear exceptionally weak. This greatly reduces the pressure on the quasi-emperors, although they still cannot come to support Yi Shuihan in the short term.

This unknown demon's fighting style is easy to understand: it's all about head-on confrontation, relying on its powerful physique and regenerative abilities comparable to those of a Chaos Emperor.

"Was it just my imagination? I felt like the force that hit him was weakened in an instant."

With the support of the power of his personal world, Yi Shuihan was not at a disadvantage against this incomplete Chaos Demon. The surrounding void became extremely chaotic due to their battle, and space collapsed.

In combat of this intensity, skill becomes irrelevant; only true strength can secure victory.

"Your fists can't hurt the great me at all."

The demon provoked Yi Shuihan, causing him to completely abandon his defenses.

Yi Shuihan's fist passed through the opponent's body. By the time Yi Shuihan withdrew his fist, the demon had already recovered completely. This recovery was as simple as breathing, not a recovery after being injured. In essence, the fist that pierced through the demon did not harm the demon at all.

As the battle progressed, Yi Shuihan noticed that the demon's recovery speed was getting faster and faster, and its strength and speed were also slowly increasing. At first, Yi Shuihan thought that since the demon was essentially a chaotic demon, it might have recovered some of its characteristics during the battle. Later, Yi Shuihan finally discovered the truth.

"Just as I thought, he absorbed some of my power to strengthen himself. The power that hit him wasn't weakened, but rather absorbed."

This fact means that if Yi Shuihan cannot defeat the evil spirit in a short time, the evil spirit will become stronger the longer it fights, and in the end, Yi Shuihan will be the one to lose.

"Therefore, I must demonstrate the strength to absolutely crush him."

Realizing this, Yi Shuihan no longer held back. He had only borrowed 50% of the power of his personal world, but instantly jumped to 100%.

From 50% to 100%, it's not just a simple doubling; Yi Shuihan's strength level suddenly leaped a major realm, reaching the level of a Chaos Emperor.

"Boom!"

The power that struck the demon was not absorbed the first time because the effect of the power burst had already taken place before it could be absorbed.

The demon was blasted into the earth, its body riddled with cracks, looking like a doll about to break.

Given the demon's regenerative abilities, this kind of damage should have healed quickly. However, the reality is that the cracks are repairing extremely slowly, more than a hundred times slower than before. At the current rate, it would probably take several minutes to complete the repairs.

"This power? You can't possibly possess this power!"

The demon stared at Yi Shuihan in disbelief. As a former chaotic demon, he could sense that Yi Shuihan's attack just now possessed the power of a chaotic emperor.

He unleashed the power of a Chaos Emperor with the body of a True Saint, something even demons could not believe.

Yi Shuihan had no intention of explaining to the demon, nor would he wait for the demon to recover before fighting. Just as he had said before, his goal was simply to kill the demon.

After a few more punches, the demon turned to ashes and vanished on the spot, dying cleanly and ending his life which lasted only a few minutes.

"Next, it's you."

Seeing that the core had recovered to about three layers of its previous strength, Yi Shuihan launched an attack without hesitation.

With just one punch, the core stopped accumulating energy; with the second punch, a crack appeared on the core; with the third punch, cracks covered the entire core.

The fourth punch, which should have been the last punch, was blocked.

What blocked Yi Shuihan's fist was a Chaos Demon, the same Chaos Demon that should have been attacking the Military Lord.

It turns out that when the core was damaged, this chaotic demon abandoned its attack on the military leader and instead came to the core, just in time to block Yi Shuihan's fourth punch and save the core.

"Little bug, you almost succeeded. For me, Tata, to have to take action, you deserve to die."

The chaotic demon named Tata spoke somewhat stiffly, and its tail, much longer than its body, slapped the ground erratically, causing magma-like objects to appear on the ground.

"You will be the first Chaos King-level being I kill."

After a moment of silence, Yi Shuihan said expressionlessly, "Aside from the power of the system, I've already unleashed my full power. At this moment, I feel stronger than ever before."

"You mere True Saint, I will show you what a true Chaos Emperor is."

Before the words were even finished, the tail had already transformed into a long whip and lashed out, its target Yi Shuihan's face.

Yi Shuihan raised his hand and accurately grabbed the tail of the demon named Tata.

He was squeezing hard, trying to crush the tail, but the tail began to glow red, and Yi Shuihan felt a burning sensation on his hand.

"Zizi"

The smell of roasted meat made even Yi Shuihan's chaotic body seem fragile.

Even so, Yi Shuihan did not let go, but instead increased his strength.

"boom"

The tail was eventually crushed, and the pieces of flesh flew towards Yi Shuihan, but he dodged them.

Chaos demons are different; their bodies don't disappear like ordinary demons, and their fragments don't vanish immediately after hitting the ground.

Even the pieces of flesh, after landing, continue to wriggle, as if they still possess life. If left unattended, these pieces of flesh might develop consciousness and become new individual lives after tens of thousands of years.

Chapter 1275, The Core Finally Shatters

Compared to demons with only True Saint strength, Chaos Demons are much more valuable. Killing a True Saint demon is pointless and requires effort, while killing a Chaos Demon yields its corpse. The corpse of a Chaos Emperor is extremely valuable, as it can be studied to gain insights into the Dao and used for alchemy and weapon crafting.

Leaving aside the matter of the spoils, after Yi Shuihan crushed part of her tail, Tata took her next step, shooting out a pair of black laser beams from her eyes like laser eyes.

Caught off guard, Yi Shuihan managed to dodge one attack, while the other struck his left shoulder.

The black laser's penetrating power was weak, and its power was not particularly great; it only created a small hole less than 1 cm deep on Yi Shuihan's shoulder.

However, this small wound caused Yi Shuihan's expression to change slightly. He felt that he had lost control of his left shoulder, as if that part was completely numb, which even affected his ability to use his left arm.

This impact isn't irreversible, but the current situation is that he doesn't have time to recover.

Having lost the initiative, Yi Shuihan remained on the defensive, looking as if he was about to give up.

"Young man, we're here to help you."

"Die! You damned scum!"

Several quasi-emperors broke through the demon army's defenses and, seeing that Yi Shuihan was in a bad situation, immediately joined the battle, shouting and launching an attack on Tata.

Tata didn't even turn his head. With a flick of his tail, he sent several quasi-emperors who were attacking from behind flying, as if he were casually swatting flies.

"how come!?"

This outcome was witnessed by all the quasi-emperors, and their hearts sank. They saw that although Yi Shuihan was no match for Tata, he was still capable of fighting, and they thought that the gap between them and the Chaos Emperors was not as big as they thought. Now, this naive idea was ruthlessly shattered.

"Ignore them, destroying the core is the priority."

One of the more rational prospective emperors shouted.

The group of quasi-emperors channeled their resentment into motivation and launched an attack on the core.

Unfortunately, the attacks of these quasi-emperors were not enough to cause significant damage to the core in a short time. It would take at least several hours of combined attacks to shatter the core.

So, how many more hours can Yi Shuihan hold on?

The prospective emperors were not optimistic about this issue, and the question remained: could the military lord, who was fighting against a pair of twin chaotic demons, hold on?

In the skies beyond the sight of the quasi-emperors, a battle even more intense than that between Yi Shuihan and Tata was unfolding.

With one less Tata, the commander of the demon-slaying army did indeed feel less pressure, but he was still in a suppressed position when facing the twin demons.

The commander of the Demon Extermination Army is from the Xi Clan, named Feng Yijiefa Jia Kui Kuishen, and is generally referred to as Commander Feng. He has not been a Chaos Emperor for long, only breaking through 3 million years ago. His strength is only average among Chaos Emperors, otherwise he would not have had such a hard time fighting against this newly born Chaos Demon.

"That's the only option we can use now. Even though it will take a long time to recover, there's no other way, is there?"

Feng Junzhu's eyes narrowed, and he made a decision. In fact, he should have made this decision a long time ago, but Yi Shuihan's previous performance made him feel that he could overcome the difficulties without doing so.

"Free Spirit - Ignite"

Feng Junzhu's actions changed instantly, entering a state similar to a burst of power or a small universe eruption. In that state, the Twin Chaos Demons were beaten to a pulp.

Even if the attack was launched for a short time, Feng Junzhu could not completely kill the Twin Demons. Therefore, after knocking the Twin Demons away a short distance, he came towards Yi Shuihan, intending to join forces with Yi Shuihan to kill Tata.

As for why he didn't simply destroy the core, perhaps he felt that destroying the core was easy, while killing the Chaos Demon was a rare opportunity, or perhaps he valued Yi Shuihan as his backer and didn't want anything to happen to Yi Shuihan.

In short

Tata was ambushed by Feng Junzhu, and then Yi Shuihan beat him while he was down, so his demise was rather simple.

"Thank you for your help, senior."

"I should be the one thanking you. If it weren't for you, the situation would be much worse. If the fourth Chaos Demon were to be born, even I would probably perish here. Rather than that, let's destroy the core and run away!"

"what?"

Without answering Yi Shuihan's question, Feng Junzhu unleashed a powerful attack that shattered the core, and then shouted loudly.

"Mission accomplished, everyone run!"

After shouting, the aura emanating from Lord Feng immediately weakened, dropping to a level barely reaching that of a Chaos Emperor.

"So that's how it is. I'll cover the rear from now on, you can go too!"

At such a time, with the nest destroyed, even if the Phoenix Army Commander hadn't covered the retreat and had escaped himself, no one would have criticized him for sacrificing himself; on the contrary, he would have been rewarded. Yet, he chose to cover the retreat—such selfless dedication...

"Don't get the wrong idea. I'll hold out for 3 minutes. No matter what, I'll leave in 3 minutes. My chances of escaping are definitely greater than yours, the True Saints. If I'm really going to die, I definitely won't stay."

Well, Yi Shuihan felt that most of the admiration he had just felt had vanished.

While his admiration had diminished, Yi Shuihan felt a greater affinity for the new General Feng. After all, the spirit of selflessness and willingness to sacrifice himself to protect others had previously created a sense of distance between Yi Shuihan and General Feng. However, the current General Feng aligned with his worldview, and Yi Shuihan believed he would likely make similar decisions in the same situation.

“I’ll stay too, to buy them a few more minutes. Of course, I won’t run behind you.”

Yi Shuihan thought for a moment and said that he was actually wondering if he could help Lord Feng deal with the remaining two Chaos Demons.

Being suppressed by an ordinary Chaos Demon still made Yi Shuihan feel somewhat frustrated. If he hadn't been a little careless at the beginning, he felt he could have defeated Tata one-on-one.

For chaotic demons, the core is extremely important. Losing the core is like a lord losing his territory. Although he can continue to grow stronger, he can never become the emperor of demons. According to records, demons that lose their birthplace are basically cut off from the path to becoming the emperor of the Great Dao.

The Twin Demons went berserk, and after holding out for four minutes, Yi Shuihan gave up his original plan to kill them and fled with Lord Feng.

Chapter 1276, Seeking Help

Yi Shuihan did not destroy the core of the lair, but his contribution cannot be denied. After leaving, he received a large number of rewards, all from the Demon Extermination Army, since Yi Shuihan was recruited by them and played such a significant role.

Because of the secret technique he used, Feng Junzhu went into seclusion after talking with Yi Shuihan. Yi Shuihan then found Biok and they returned to the Multiverse United High School together.

Yi Shuihan gained a lot from this trip. He witnessed what evil demons were like, fought a fierce battle with all his might, and received many rewards.

The only regret is that even though Yi Shuihan and Feng Junzhu held off the twin demons for 4 minutes, quite a few soldiers and mercenaries were killed by the twin demons. Even Biok's team lost 2 members, one was Brad and the other was Zero. Qingfeng also lost an arm, and Snake Princess and Wood Spirit were also injured.

Losing an arm wouldn't be difficult even for an ordinary Silver Saint, and with Qingfeng's cultivation level, he could easily recover. However, a powerful demonic force was preventing his recovery from the severed arm. This demonic force not only didn't diminish over time, but instead absorbed Qingfeng's power and became stronger. If Qingfeng didn't find a way to remove it, he would eventually die from that demonic force, and that time wouldn't be long, probably only a few hundred thousand years.

Hundreds of thousands of years is countless lifetimes or countless lives for ordinary people, but for someone like Qingfeng, it is extremely short, equivalent to only a few months for an ordinary person, and that's an exaggeration.

To completely cure Qingfeng, it would require the intervention of someone at the level of a Chaos Emperor, and not just any Chaos Emperor, but one skilled in healing.

Given Qingfeng's strength and status, finding an ordinary Chaos Emperor wouldn't be impossible. However, finding one skilled in healing would be extremely difficult, and it wouldn't be possible in a short time. He might even die before he finds one.

For a Chaos Emperor, hundreds of thousands of years is probably just the time it takes to take a nap.

Qingfeng treated Yi Shuihan quite well, so Yi Shuihan naturally wouldn't just sit idly by and watch Qingfeng die, and decided to help him.

Yi Shuihan's network of connections isn't as extensive as Qingfeng's, but what can you do when someone has such high talent? This time, he even displayed combat power comparable to a Chaos Emperor. As long as he releases his Disappearance ability, there will still be people willing to help him.

Upon returning to the United University of All Realms, Yi Shuihan contacted the company's representative stationed there and eventually met with Director Tie, the director of the company's Chaos Emperor office at the United University of All Realms.

"If it were you, you could apply to the company for treatment. After all, your strength and talent are there, and you have a great chance of becoming the Chaos Emperor. You are also a long-time employee of the company, so the company will not give up on you. However, it would be a bit difficult for Qingfeng."

After learning the whole story, Director Tie said with some difficulty.

Qingfeng came with Yi Shuihan, so he naturally heard what Director Tie said. His eyes immediately dimmed. Yes! He, Qingfeng, was no match for a peerless genius like Yi Shuihan. He had cultivated for seven million years but had not reached the Quasi-Emperor realm. Although it seemed that he still had three million years left, his chances of breaking through to the Chaos Emperor realm were pitifully low. He himself had long given up. He was still staying at the Myriad Realms United Academy only because he wanted to become a Quasi-Emperor in the future. If he left the Myriad Realms United Academy, it would be extremely difficult for him to become a Quasi-Emperor.