Genshin Impact: I, Heavenly Principle, Will Make Teyvat Supreme-Chapter 162: Time Eternal, Ravage Begins

Just as Boros' fist was about to strike Esdeath's head, her military saber appeared in front of his punch—only about 20 centimeters from her forehead.

BOOM—

The moment the two forces collided—like an asteroid smashing into the ground—a shockwave blasted outward in both directions.

The atmosphere was instantly torn apart. The collision of energy and air created a vacuum that spread across the entirety of City A in the blink of an eye. The wave continued toward the surrounding towns.

But before it could reach them, the golden protective barrier expanded to cover the towns.

Unfortunately, the land outside those protected areas wasn't so lucky.

Across the world, those watching on TV saw the ground ripple like a raging sea, the land heaving like tidal waves.

RUMBLE—

People stared in stunned silence.

Even the reporters froze. "The battle has begun!"

Only the heroes above S-Class in the Hero Association, those with the strongest minds, weren't paralyzed—but their faces were still filled with shock.

"This is insane!"

Even Tatsumaki, who could pull asteroids from space, stood slack-jawed.

People around the world didn't just see the battle—they felt it. Even those far from City A could feel the tremors, which grew stronger by the second. Neighboring cities were swiftly covered by the protective barrier, weakening the shaking.

Without it, even the aftershocks would have been enough to destroy every city adjacent to A.

...

And that was just from one exchange.

Less than a second after the clash, Boros roared like a maniac, throwing punches at a terrifying speed—tens of thousands per second.

Each punch had enough power to obliterate a country the size of a major nation.

"AAAAAAHHHH!"

Esdeath grinned wildly, filled with bloodthirsty excitement. Her saber swung at the same unbelievable pace—also tens of thousands of times per second—each slash precisely intercepting a punch.

The sound of steel clashing rang out crisp and sharp.

Clang Clang Clang—

She didn't strike with the blade—because it had been too long since she'd enjoyed a battle this exhilarating. She was savoring the fight.

Besides, based on the intel, she knew Boros' strength and abilities inside and out.

She was simply exhausting his value... before ruthlessly crushing him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Two battle maniacs—once they started, it could only end when one fell.

Their speed was unimaginable. No one on the planet could keep up.

Even the Hero Association's high-speed cameras could only capture blurred footage.

The live broadcast could only show two beams of light—blue and purple—colliding again and again over City A like quantum entanglement.

Their collisions were rapid—multiple impacts every second. The cameras could barely record them.

Each clash brought blinding flashes and deafening explosions.

The earth surged like ocean waves, burying buildings—only to be shattered again by the next thousand-meter shockwave.

The atmosphere tore apart, turning the once-clear sky into a dark, chaotic swirl.

This level of combat had turned the entire planet into a battlefield. The sheer speed had already taken the battle from City A to City B before anyone realized.

Outside the cities, the land split apart. Massive chunks of earth were blasted into space by the shockwaves, only to fall back down moments later.

[This is a live report from City B... What we're seeing is...]

[This is a live report from City G...]

From space, one could see two streaks—one blue, one purple—crashing and weaving across the surface of the planet.

Every impact altered the planet's terrain.

Esdeath laughed maniacally, her speed suddenly increasing. Like a cat toying with its prey, she raised her saber—

In an instant, Boros' arms were severed.

After dismembering him, Esdeath halted her assault.

Boros' single eye narrowed in shock. "To think you could fight me in my released state... and you even seem to possess regeneration nearly equal to mine."

"Neither your stamina nor your energy shows any signs of diminishing."

"I've only just arrived on this planet, but I can already tell—your species doesn't naturally have such abilities. Are you some kind of special individual?"

Esdeath looked down on Boros with contempt.

"Regeneration? For someone claiming to be the universe's overlord, you really have a narrow view."

Boros: "What?"

Esdeath sneered. "You didn't seriously think I'd reveal my abilities to my enemy, did you?"

Was this alien stupid or just arrogant? Rambling about his powers and racial advantages mid-battle...

"No matter."

Boros bared his teeth, unfazed. The energy around him began to surge wildly.

His purple aura turned blue. His entire body seemed to transform into a mass of pure energy.

"Esdeath, you truly are strong. I, Boros, have never faced a rival this evenly matched."

ZZZZZ—BOOM—

Massive waves of blue energy erupted from his body, then began to contract, as if compressing every ounce of power inside him.

The terrifying purple aura turned into a radiant sphere, encasing him like a bomb about to detonate. His form changed—his skin turning white, radiating the energy of a nuclear explosion.

"Now witness my true strength!"

At this point, Boros looked more like a Saiyan undergoing a bloodline awakening.

His severed arms regenerated instantly under the pressure of his unleashed energy.

"Meteoric Burst—!"

Boros vanished, appearing before Esdeath with speed far beyond anything he had shown before.

"Hahahahaha... Time Lock!"

Esdeath laughed wildly. With her free hand, she met Boros' punch head-on with her own.

Meteoric Burst: a form that channels all energy into propulsion to achieve speed and strength beyond biological limits. The energy is so condensed that any contact causes devastating destruction—amplifying raw power to the extreme.

It's a move so strong it could even send Saitama flying to the moon in a single hit.

But it was only raw energy.

What Esdeath controlled was the Rule of Time—and of Ice.

Her body, though physically strong, was still fragile in such high-level combat.

What allowed her to fight without restraint was that she had locked her timeline at the exact moment she mastered time.

Unless someone used a more powerful Rule to pierce time itself and attack her past, her stamina, energy, and spirit would never change.

"We've already torn up half the planet's surface... Phanes is totally going to scold me later."

"Time to go all out—Ravage begins!"

BOOM—

Boros' punch, loaded with compressed energy, clashed with Esdeath's fist. The resulting blast of purple energy instantly engulfed an area spanning several hundred kilometers, vaporizing all matter into molten magma.

And yet, despite unleashing such devastating energy, his punch couldn't even harm a single strand of Esdeath's hair.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!"

Boros had already unleashed his full power, reaching his absolute limit, throwing punch after punch at Esdeath.

His fighting style was devoid of technique—just pure force and speed.

"Time Acceleration!"

Esdeath activated her ability, accelerating her personal time so that she was always one second ahead of Boros—no matter how fast he became, she was conceptually faster by one second.

Their battle could only be seen from a macroscopic level—two beams of light streaking across the surface of the Earth.

Each time the blue streak—Esdeath—skimmed over the land, it transformed into glowing magma.

This was because the energy released in their clashes was so intense it melted all matter into liquid form.

In less than a minute of Boros' full-power state, the two had already exchanged countless blows.

But no matter how he attacked, Esdeath was always a bit faster, a bit stronger.

His wounds were increasing—his arms had been shattered by her weapon over a dozen times, his body pierced thousands of times.

Though his transformation allowed him to regenerate instantly, this form couldn't last forever.

Like aerobic exercise, it was a temporary burst. Prolonged use would drastically shorten his lifespan.

After so many high-intensity exchanges, Boros began to realize something was wrong.

What's going on!?

Why, despite exerting himself fully—why hadn't he made her use even the slightest bit of stamina!?

This defied all biological laws!

Wait, this wasn't mere regeneration. Even when he crushed her arms, they reappeared instantly, without showing any recovery process—it was like attacking a phantom.

In this full-powered state, Boros' energy continued draining rapidly, approaching the threshold where his own life force would be consumed.

No! If this keeps up, there's no way I can win!

"Impossible! There's no such thing as a being that defies biological laws in the universe!"

Boros' fighting spirit flared even more.

He refused to believe he couldn't force Esdeath to expend even a drop of energy.

To battle at this level must have pushed her to the limit as well!

"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH—!!"

"Against an opponent like you—even if it costs me my life—I'll win!!"

He roared, his energy surging again, his speed even faster.

Although Esdeath's power wasn't as overwhelming as Boros', her speed had increased severalfold. She grinned sadistically, basking in the brutality of their clash.

"Hahaha! Foolish alien. Your helpless rage is simply delightful."

"Let me show you something."

"Mahapadma—"

Esdeath activated her authority, fusing her Rules of Time and Ice into one burst.

Hummm—

In an instant, a vast wave of energy erupted from within her.

The entire planet was enveloped in a blue hue.

Everything in the world was glazed in azure.

Not only that—everything within the affected range was frozen in time.

The aftershocks of their battle froze mid-air. Everyone watching the news broadcast—frozen.

More importantly, Boros, mid-strike against her, was frozen like a statue before Esdeath.

All matter and energy—halted.

This wasn't mere time pause, nor simply freezing energy. It was a fusion of two Rules—Time and Ice—into a complete suspension of existence.

It wasn't as powerful as a pure time stop, but for those unfamiliar with time manipulation, it was a guaranteed first-strike kill.

"Regeneration, huh? I wonder how many pieces I have to chop you into before you stop coming back."

Esdeath's saber slashed at Boros at a rate of tens of thousands of strikes per second.

In just five seconds, she had slashed him over 50,000 times.

Then she released her authority—reality resumed.

In an instant, Boros exploded into a pool of blood.

His dismembered eye trembled amidst dozens of separated body parts.

What... what just happened?

As his eye was about to dissolve into blood, a burst of sheer willpower forcibly reassembled his scattered body.

Crack—

In a flash, Boros returned to full form, screaming hysterically.

"Esdeath!! I will defeat you!!"

"Unleash everything! I'll destroy you along with this entire planet!!"

Boros erupted with all remaining energy. The blinding light lit up half the planet. The unleashed energy scorched the earth, turning it into a sea of magma.

From space, it looked like a miniature sun had carved a burning scar across the globe.

"This is my full power!"

"Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon—!!"

A planet-shattering energy beam was fired point-blank at Esdeath.

"Hehehehehe—"

Esdeath didn't flinch. Instead, she laughed joyfully, spreading her arms wide.

"Mahapadma—"

Humm—

Once again, the world froze. Even the launched Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon froze in place.

With one swing of her saber, charged with divine authority, she cut the beam clean in two.

Not just the energy cannon—Boros was bisected along with it.

The strike, imbued with her divine Rule, completely annihilated what remained of Boros' life force.

The freeze ended. Time resumed.

BOOOOM—

The Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon split in two, streaking into the atmosphere.

Its light bathed the planet.

Boros' energy exploded outward like a dying star. His body split like a watermelon and collapsed.

His energy gone. His life force destroyed. Regeneration—impossible.

His body rapidly withered into something like a dried-out twig.

The battle was over. Unfortunately, no one saw it—human technology couldn't capture such a moment.

But people could feel it—the suffocating pressure had vanished. The shaking ground finally stilled.

"I... lost..." Boros' broken body murmured, his consciousness fading.

Esdeath: "Oh... the corpse is talking."

"This... was a satisfying battle... but... I couldn't even... hurt you..."

"That prophecy... it was a lie after all..."

With that, his mind faded away.

...

Meanwhile—

The Caped Baldy Saitama, who had been planning to check things out, was stopped by a young man.

The young man smiled and said, "Well then, Saitama... it's about time you gave me back the power I lent you all those years ago, isn't it?"

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