The sixty segments of the "∞" symbol flowed slowly.

With every minute that passed, or with every blow Shi Ming’s body landed on his enemy, the Wheel of Destiny would advance one segment. Once all sixty segments were filled, the fated destiny of Shi Ming and the Golden Crow would arrive without fail.

No power could stop it.

Descent of the Titan’s Wheel of Destiny. This skill was powerful.

And yet, not *that* powerful.

Its strength lay in allowing Shi Ming to see countless future possibilities. Based on these possibilities, he could avoid certain risks and choose the most advantageous future, ensuring it came to pass.

Its limitation was that the bond of the Wheel of Destiny had a distance limit. If one party fled too far, the Wheel of Destiny would shatter, and the future it had locked in would never arrive.

Furthermore, the Wheel of Destiny didn’t grant Shi Ming any additional offensive abilities.

This left him without the terrifying damage output of a skill like the Ten Thousand Tribulations Thunder Body. He could only rely on his other abilities to deal damage or drag the fight out until the sixtieth minute.

If Shi Ming only had the Descent of the Titan skill, without Ice Annihilation Power or the Arm of Power, then his only option would be to run.

But fortunately, Shi Ming had more than just this one skill.

1+1 was far greater than 2!

...

Shi Ming leaped into the air. His Titan form allowed him to hover and move through the sky.

He and the Three-Eyed Golden Crow faced each other.

The Golden Crow held its head high, three eyes embedded within it. The two on the sides were like blazing stars, while the third, a vertical eye on its forehead, remained closed. Only when it received a revelation would it activate the Great Prophecy Technique, opening its eye to glimpse fragments of the future.

In the blink of an eye, the two had already exchanged several rounds of blows.

The wings of the savage and frenzied Three-Eyed Golden Crow blazed like a solar flare.

Amidst the battle, it looked upon Shi Ming with contempt.

’It’s truly hard to imagine that such a humble and insignificant human would dare to steal its Immortal Tree Fruit.’

’Even harder to imagine is that this tiny creature could actually cause its spiritual senses to fluctuate, making it faintly want to flee this battle from the bottom of its heart.’

’How absurd!’

’If not for its third eye having glimpsed the future, given its caution and obsession with its spiritual senses, it really wouldn’t have emerged from the water. It might have even allowed Shi Ming to take all the Fruits of Eternal Youth!’

’Fortunately, the outcome of all this is already set in stone!’

’The advantage is mine!’

The thick seawater churned, surging into violent waves from the battle. Where it splashed near the Golden Crow, it instantly vaporized. Where it touched Shi Ming’s area, it froze into solid ice and plunged downward.

Shi Ming had long since committed the Three-Eyed Golden Crow’s common attack patterns to memory, having observed them again and again through the Nameless Cocoon’s intelligence.

Steam, scorching heat, pounces, sharp pecks, thermal radiation, plus the S-rank skill "Great Sun Wheel," which required charging up.

Among these, the steam, scorching heat, thermal radiation, and Great Sun Wheel were all hard-countered by his "Formless Pure Ice."

As a human, Shi Ming’s fighting techniques were far more varied. He wielded the Ice Annihilation Power with incredible flair, guided by his immense Spiritual Power. Protected by the Formless Pure Ice and his ice armor, he could withstand the fiery assault of the Great Sun Wheel. The Three-Eyed Golden Crow couldn’t harm him. However, the only difficulty in this battle was the Golden Crow’s intensely hot body. Trying to use melee combat to build up the Wheel of Destiny was a tactic that would injure the enemy by a thousand while costing him five hundred. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Against any other creature, Shi Ming was confident he could end this fight quickly.

But it didn’t matter. His Defense Power was high, so he could also win a battle of attrition.

His 109 Physical Strength and 118 Endurance, combined with the bonuses from his Titan state, were more than enough to sustain him in battle for an hour!

Moreover, he could seize any opportunity during this time, find an opening, and use tenfold power to break through the Three-Eyed Golden Crow’s defenses. He could incapacitate this Holy Hall-level Sea Beast, thereby accelerating the arrival of the Wheel of Destiny!

’The advantage is mine!’

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The more the Three-Eyed Golden Crow fought, the more it felt something was wrong.

It had originally thought that even if its opponent brought along a source of bone-chilling cold, there was still a world of difference between a tiny human and a king born from an asteroid in terms of physical strength and combat power. The battle would be over quickly, and the human would end up as its food.

But now, Shi Ming’s incredible staying power astonished it!

Furthermore, the chill emanating from its opponent was constantly intensifying. The low temperature within a ten-meter radius of that bead was becoming unbearable for its claws and wings!

’And those crimson markings on his right arm... they seem even hotter than my own lifeblood!?’

’No,’

’I can’t keep being so passive.’

It longed for its third eye to open during the battle, hoping it would bring guidance from fate.

But unfortunately, the Great Prophecy was a passive skill. Glimpsing fragments of the future was purely a matter of luck. Ever since rising from the deep sea, its third eye had given it no further revelations.

The one and only prophecy had yet to play out.

!!!

Shi Ming, on the other hand, grew bolder with every passing moment of the fight!

In the short ten minutes of battle, he had used his Ice Blades and ice-armored fists to strike the Three-Eyed Golden Crow’s hard scales more than once. While the damage wasn’t spectacular, it had genuinely drained a good deal of the sea beast’s Physical Strength, leaving it increasingly exhausted and struggling to keep up. Moreover, every time a punch landed, it also added a stack to the Wheel of Destiny!

Compared to the Golden Crow, Shi Ming was more like a ferocious beast going all out.

He seemed tireless, his attacks growing fiercer the longer he fought.

Because most of his attacks weren’t melee, the Wheel of Destiny was accumulating quite slowly.