Chapter 298 - 261: One vs. Two, A Cross-Rank Battle Against an Overlord

Ye Muni appeared before Su Ze in the blink of an eye, but he didn’t see the panicked look he expected on Su Ze’s face.

Su Ze scoffed, a hint of derision in his tone, and his body suddenly dissolved into a pool of liquid.

"You think I can’t do anything to you just because you turned into a puddle of piss?" Ye Muni sneered in disdain. He snapped his fingers, and a ring of fire rose up, encircling Su Ze’s liquid form.

However, in the next instant, the pool of water that was Su Ze suddenly expanded with explosive force!

It was as if a puddle had suddenly transformed into a stream; the surging current instantly extinguished the surrounding flames.

Su Ze had transformed into his liquid form ahead of time precisely to use his Expansion skill.

There wasn’t enough space in the corridor for him to expand into a twenty-meter giant. Both the width and height severely restricted him.

That was why he had to liquefy first before using the Expansion skill.

At the same time, he activated Unyielding Will, infusing his Spiritual Power into the surging current to guard against Amida’s mental assault.

Su Ze’s body surged through the corridor like a flash flood, completely engulfing Ye Muni.

Su Ze activated Thunder God Body. Caught in the deluge, Ye Muni convulsed, but he didn’t lose consciousness. He fought desperately against the paralysis, trying to mount a counterattack.

The water was insidious, trying to force its way into his mouth and nose. Ye Muni could only resist with all his might. He didn’t dare let the water enter his body. If Su Ze were to attack him from the inside, even a Saint-level Overlord like him would be unable to withstand it.

But Su Ze activated Furious Waves from within the current itself. Roiling shockwaves shot through the water, leaving Ye Muni reeling with dizziness.

’Damn it!’ Ye Muni was shocked to feel a sense of powerlessness.

’A mighty Saint-level Overlord like him, suppressed and trapped by a mere Butterfly Stage cultivator.’

Just then, Amida, who had been monitoring the battle with his Spiritual Power from a hundred meters away, finally acted. He launched a mental assault against the torrent of water that was Su Ze!

"Spiritual Piercing!"

Su Ze instantly felt a piercing pain—one that struck him directly on a spiritual level. He knew at once that Amida had attacked him mentally.

However, it was nothing more than a momentary sting. There were no other effects.

But Su Ze acted as if he were grievously wounded. He let out a bloodcurdling scream and retreated in a frenzy.

This gave Ye Muni an opening to fight back. He instantly broke free from Su Ze’s Control Chain, his entire body erupting in blazing flames.

The flames were clearly far hotter than ordinary fire. As they made contact with Su Ze’s liquid form, a constant SIZZLE filled the air. Plumes of white steam rose from his body as the fire rapidly evaporated him.

However, Su Ze’s body was so massive now that such a minor loss was nothing to him.

Ye Muni, however, seized the opportunity to pull back and escape Su Ze’s encirclement.

His expression was incredibly grim. He hadn’t expected Su Ze to have grown so powerful in just a few months!

Su Ze had deliberately faked being hit by Amida’s attack. He didn’t want to reveal his trump card—his resistance to mental attacks—too early. Doing so might alert Amida and cause him to become more guarded.

’He didn’t just want to kill Ye Muni. He wanted to take them both down!’

’If he only wanted to deal with Ye Muni, he probably could have finished it just now by going all out. But that would have undoubtedly scared Amida away.’

Though he had no mouth in his liquid form, Su Ze’s voice echoed out tauntingly, "Remember the Black Rock Mountain Range, when we first met? A single word from you could decide my fate. You didn’t even deign to strike at me yourself. But look at you now. Two Overlords ganging up on a single, humble Butterfly Stage cultivator. Ye Muni, you’ve really gone downhill."

Ye Muni didn’t get angry. Instead, he said coldly, "Perhaps I should have killed you on the spot back then. But it’s not too late. No matter how talented you are, you’re still just in the Butterfly Stage. You’ll never survive against two Overlords."

"Then if I’m going down, I’m taking you with me!"

With a sudden roar, Su Ze’s liquid body surged toward Ye Muni. He looked like a man pushed to the brink, ready for a final, desperate struggle.

"You may have your father’s blood, but you inherited none of his composure or wisdom." Ye Muni’s body erupted in flames, transforming him into a man of fire. He raised a hand, summoning a sea of flames to combat Su Ze’s raging torrent.

’He had only been suppressed by Su Ze earlier because he was caught off guard, trapped by Su Ze’s Control Chain.’

’But now that he was going all out, he could crush Su Ze even without Amida’s help.’

And yet... Su Ze was like a ferocious beast that knew no fear of death. He lunged forward madly, completely disregarding his own injuries in a suicidal, mutually destructive attack.

White steam billowed from his entire form as his massive body was rapidly evaporated. But in return, the flames summoned by Ye Muni were continuously extinguished by his assault.

In the blink of an eye, Su Ze’s massive form had shrunk by about a fifth, but all the flames Ye Muni had summoned were extinguished. Only the fire cloaking Ye Muni himself remained.

Still, Su Ze did not retreat. With the tenacity of someone determined to take his enemy down with him, he lunged at Ye Muni again. The two became a maelstrom of opposing elements, water and fire constantly canceling each other out.

As Su Ze felt the scorching heat of Ye Muni’s flames, a thought suddenly struck him... ’What if I feed him to the Big-Mouth Flower?’

’The Big-Mouth Flower likes to eat "fire," doesn’t it? It should find a Ye Muni completely wreathed in flames quite appealing.’

At this thought, Su Ze enveloped Ye Muni and charged forward, pushing him steadily backward, preparing to deliver him right to the Big-Mouth Flower.