Chapter 299: Chapter 261: One Against Two, Battling Overlords Across Ranks

Although Ye Muni didn’t know what Su Ze was planning, he was still resisting with all his might.

Meanwhile, Amida was relentlessly launching spiritual attacks at Su Ze.

Su Ze put on a show of screaming in agony, but in reality, it only stung a little.

Amida, however, grew increasingly alarmed. He unleashed a barrage of spiritual attacks that fell like rain, the sheer consumption of Spiritual Power making him dizzy. An ordinary Butterfly Stage expert would have died a hundred times over by now.

But Su Ze just kept wailing. It sounded terrifying, yet he seemed as lively as ever—able to fight, run, and scream.

’This kid’s willpower is so strong he’s not dead yet?’

’Even if he didn’t die, he should have passed out by now!’

’What the hell kind of freak are you...?’ Even the "smiling tiger" Amida was about to start cursing. Su Ze’s resilience was making him look bad.

It got to the point where even Ye Muni found it strange and shouted, "Principal Amida, are you even using spiritual attacks on him?"

Amida sensed something was off too. "He might have a Spirit Defense Skill," he said, "or a Spirit Defense Marvel."

Seeing Su Ze and Ye Muni’s fight moving closer to him, Amida quietly took a few steps back. As a spiritual-type evolutionist, it was instinctual for him to maintain distance from his enemies.

Finally, Su Ze forced Ye Muni back in front of the Big-Mouth Flower. The cost was losing nearly half the volume of his liquid form.

In terms of physical injury, that was equivalent to having half his body destroyed.

But to Su Ze’s surprise, the Big-Mouth Flower remained indifferent to Ye Muni and didn’t attack.

’It looks down on flames of Ye Muni’s level?’

’But it doesn’t matter. Even without the Big-Mouth Flower, I’m confident I can win!’

His Perception Tentacles were constantly spread out, and he could now clearly sense Amida just over twenty meters away.

He had been relentlessly forcing Ye Muni backward for the sole purpose of getting closer to Amida.

Amida had originally been over a hundred meters away. While Su Ze had the Gravity Chain skill and could pull Amida to him, it wasn’t a sure bet.

A Saint-level Overlord’s reaction time was astonishing, especially for a spiritual-type like Amida. From a hundred meters out, Amida would likely have enough time to react, dodge, or break free.

But at just twenty meters, Su Ze was confident Amida wouldn’t be able to react or run in time.

’Now!’

Su Ze seized the opportunity, unhesitatingly launching his combo. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

First, he shattered his Regeneration Core. A surge of life energy flowed through his liquid body, instantly restoring all the mass he had lost.

He was back to his maximum volume in an instant, effectively healing all his injuries.

Then, he rapidly split into ten Liquid Clones, each one a burly, round figure.

The very instant the Liquid Clones separated, a Gravity Chain shot covertly toward Amida.

At a mere twenty meters, the Gravity Chain arrived in a flash. But Amida sensed it, sidestepping slightly and conjuring a shield in front of him.

The Gravity Chain latched onto the shield Amida had conjured, but the energy shield dissipated mid-air.

A smile touched Amida’s lips—a mix of pride and derision.

But the smile instantly froze on his face. He hadn’t expected two more Gravity Chains to be flying at him, one after the other, cutting off all his escape routes. His recent sidestep had sent him right into one of them.

In fact, no matter which way he had tried to dodge, a Gravity Chain would have been waiting. He was completely trapped. Su Ze had anticipated his every move.

What Amida didn’t know was that even more Gravity Chains were waiting for him from directions he hadn’t even considered.

He was boxed in by Gravity Chains from all sides—front, back, left, right, above, and below.

After all, Su Ze’s ten Liquid Clones could unleash ten Gravity Chains simultaneously.

Once the Gravity Chain connected, it yanked Amida into the middle of Su Ze’s ten Liquid Clones in an instant, moving so fast that Amida had no time to react.

The entire sequence was complex, but it all happened in a flash. With both Amida and Ye Muni now in his attack range, Su Ze stopped holding back.

BOOM!

Ten Liquid Clones simultaneously slammed the ground.

A tenfold Furious Waves! The violent tremors sent both Overlords into a state of Dizziness.

As a spiritual-type evolutionist, Amida broke free from the Dizziness almost instantly. His first move wasn’t to flee, but to use his Spiritual Power to rouse Ye Muni.

He knew close-quarters combat wasn’t his forte. The correct strategy was to have Ye Muni hold Su Ze off while he escaped and provided support from a distance.

Su Ze’s sudden explosion of power finally made them feel a true sense of danger.

"He was hiding his strength!" Amida sent a telepathic message to Ye Muni.

’Why hide your true power? To avoid startling your prey, of course...’ Su Ze saw them both as prey. A mere Butterfly Stage expert trying to hunt two Overlords alone! The thought filled Amida and Ye Muni with both shock and fury.

"You can’t look down on the Saint level!" Ye Muni roared. "There’s a barrier between Saint and mortal that someone like you could never hope to break!" His body suddenly erupted, transforming into a boundless sea of fire that enveloped all ten of Su Ze’s Liquid Clones.

He planned to use the flames to whittle away at the ten Liquid Clones and obliterate Su Ze in one fell swoop.

"You don’t really think these flames can threaten me, do you?" Su Ze’s ten clones laughed in unison.

Then, the ten clones suddenly inhaled at once, their bodies swelling into round, transparent spheres of water...

More than half of the surrounding flames were sucked into the bellies of Su Ze’s ten Liquid Clones.

Through their transparent bodies, the raging inferno could be seen burning within.

Fire contained within water. It was quite a spectacle.

This was the effect of Impact Cannon, a skill that gathered surrounding Elemental Energy for an attack. Su Ze had just absorbed more than half of the flames that Ye Muni had become.

Immediately after, the ten Liquid Clones raised their hands in unison, all aiming at Amida.

BOOM!

What the Liquid Clones unleashed wasn’t Flame Cannon, but the "Strongest Punch"—a fusion of three skills: "Needle Strike," Furious Waves, and Flame Cannon.

Against the tenfold "Strongest Punch," Amida used every means at his disposal to defend himself, including various defensive marvels. Yet, his chest was still pierced through, leaving his body charred black, his status between life and death unknown.

The remaining flames coalesced, reforming into Ye Muni. His face was now exceptionally pale.

Su Ze merged all his Liquid Clones, reverting to his normal-sized, flesh-and-blood body. The battle was over. In his current state, Ye Muni was no match for him.

Su Ze executed a Rhino Charge, slamming directly into Ye Muni and pinning him hard against the wooden wall behind them. He then grabbed him by the neck with one hand and lifted him into the air.

Come to think of it, the surrounding walls and even the path were incredibly sturdy. Despite being made of plants, they had remained completely unscathed throughout the fight, even resisting the flames.

Ye Muni struggled desperately, trying to pry Su Ze’s hand from his neck, only to discover that Su Ze was somehow even stronger than him.

Though he wasn’t an Overlord who specialized in physical combat, he still possessed the constitution of a Saint-level Overlord. To be physically overpowered by someone at the Butterfly Stage was unbelievable.

Su Ze slammed Ye Muni to the ground and planted a foot on his chest, looking down on him.

The contempt in that condescending gaze made Ye Muni burn with humiliation.

Su Ze wanted to ask Ye Muni what he knew about Zhao Yuanyi’s death. Zhao Yuanyi and Ye Muni had been such good friends that they told each other everything; if Zhao Yuanyi had discovered something, he most likely would have shared it.

But before he could ask, a piece of jade appeared in Ye Muni’s hand.

Within the jade, the faint image of a god of evolution, resembling a Frankenstein’s Monster, could be seen.

Ye Muni suddenly poured a stream of fire into the jade. In the next instant, the God of Flame Evolution, wreathed in a blazing inferno, emerged from within.

Su Ze felt a familiar pressure, a feeling like standing before a true deity that made him tremble involuntarily.

He could feel an incredible heat radiating from this God of Flame Evolution, so intense it felt as though it could melt him through the air alone.

Clearly, the flames on this God of Flame Evolution were far more powerful than any Ye Muni had used.

Su Ze’s expression turned grim. He was already preparing to call for Mr. Ya.

But just then, the nearby Big-Mouth Flower suddenly opened its mouth. A massive purple tongue shot out, wrapped around the flaming God of Flame Evolution, and with a SLURP, swallowed it whole.

The Big-Mouth Flower smacked its lips, chewed a few times, then licked its lips with its tongue. It let out a burp, spitting out a few wisps of black smoke, looking utterly satisfied with its meal.