Xun Yue gasped, an overwhelming wave of shock surging through him.

He instinctively looked towards the source of the silver light. There, atop a distant mining mountain, a figure over two meters tall stood silently, black hair dancing wildly.

The man's arm was still in a spear-throwing posture. On his left chest, a Gold Bear insignia shimmered in the sunlight.

The man seemed to notice Xun Yue's gaze and briefly met his eyes.

Their gazes met, locking across the distance with the Fly Shuttle between them.

Xun Yue trembled, unsure if it was from shock, panic, excitement, or fear. His expression dazed, he spoke into the communicator, "How... how did you describe that Crown Prince again?"

"Why ask that all of a sudden? Is your situation resolved?"

"Tell me."

The voice paused briefly, then quickly replied, "Noble status, powerful background..."

"Not that part. The one after..."

"His strength is definitely nothing special; you can handle him easily..."

"Fuck!"

Xun Yue's curse cut the voice off abruptly.

Xun Yue's face flushed deep red, an unknown emotion brewing within him.

His tightly pressed lips trembled. After a long moment, he finally squeezed out through clenched teeth, "Handle him... my ass!"

Liao Yu stared blankly as the silver spear tore through the sky. It sliced cleanly through the terrifying, black wave-like aura, parting it into two distinct shockwaves.

Then, it pierced through the massive body of the Elephantman creature, pinning it firmly to the ground.

He seemed completely stunned.

A single scene replayed endlessly in his mind, like a stuck film. He couldn't hear any surrounding sounds, only a constant BUZZ... BUZZ... as if his brain had crashed.

He didn't know how long he'd been in this state before a calm, unremarkable voice pulled him back to reality.

Liao Yu snapped back to his senses and whipped his head around.

He found himself facing a pair of eyes—slightly bloodshot, exuding immense pressure, yet as calm as a frozen lake.

"Mr. Liao."

Liao Yu heard the other person speak calmly, "Mr. Liao, what do you think of my technique?"

BUZZ—

Liao Yu felt as if struck by lightning. He trembled violently, then froze completely, stunned.

Seeing Liao Yu's state, the man didn't speak. He gave a slight smile, then lightly pushed off the ground. A large crater appeared where he'd stood, and he shot off like an arrow towards the Elephantman.

Liao Yu stared fixedly at the man's retreating figure, his expression vacant. A single phrase spun relentlessly in his mind—

First Strike... First Strike...

So this... this was what they called First Strike...

BOOM!

Lu Yuan landed, his feet cracking the hard, rocky ground over a large area.

He looked straight ahead at the over five-meter-tall Elephant God Walk, which was struggling violently beneath the silver spear he had thrown and was on the verge of breaking free.

Lu Yuan felt a twinge of regret. This spear-throwing killing strike was something he had painstakingly practiced for over half a month.

His terrifying arm strength exceeding 200 tons, the nascent True Intention of Mosa Martial Combat and the Hunting God, combined with the Extraordinary properties of the Mosa Silver Spear itself... This was virtually an all-out attack.

He had aimed for the Elephant God Walk's heart, but for some unknown reason, it had struck its chest instead.

What a pity... I had a chance to kill it instantly.

Lu Yuan saw the Elephantman before him wrench itself free from the spear.

It was so tall and powerfully built that after the over two-meter-long silver spear pierced its body, not much of the shaft protruded.

As the silver light on the spear gradually dimmed, the Elephantman took a step forward, completely freeing itself from the spear's restraint.

ROAR!

The Elephantman's trunk curled upwards, and its lamprey-like maw beneath split open, unleashing a deafening wave of roars.

A dark, ethereal glow emanated from its massive body. Then, the through-and-through wound on its chest began to heal rapidly.

In mere seconds, it vanished completely.

Lu Yuan watched all this silently, making no move to intervene.

This Elephantman was much stronger than the previous Elephant God Walk he had encountered. Its normal physique was comparable to the other's second-stage transformation.

Once its wounds healed, the Elephantman's single eye on its forehead locked onto Lu Yuan, and it began to charge rapidly towards him.

With every step, the ground beneath its feet trembled violently.

The terrifying aura of a Walker Level creature rapidly brewed and intensified... In Lu Yuan's eyes, it was as if a pitch-black Demon Mountain was continuously rising, soaring higher and higher...

Finally, the Elephantman charged right up to Lu Yuan.

In his third-stage ultimate transformation, Lu Yuan, who was over two meters tall, still appeared exceptionally small before the Elephantman, which towered over five meters.

Lu Yuan slowly raised his head, narrowing his eyes to look at the Elephantman before him.

His face and body were completely enveloped in the Elephantman's shadow.

An overwhelming, wave-like pressure surged from the Elephantman, rushing towards him and whipping Lu Yuan's waist-length hair into a frenzy behind him.

Lu Yuan remained calm, quietly watching the Elephantman's single eye on its forehead as it looked down on him, a ferocious light glinting within it.

Then, ROAR!

The Elephantman let out a wild roar, raised its arms high, and brought them crashing down fiercely towards Lu Yuan's head!

BOOM!

Where the two stood, a massive shockwave spread out in a radius of nearly a kilometer. The ground shattered, and countless chunks of earth and rock flew into the air.

The hearts of everyone watching the battle pounded violently, their faces etched with terror and shock.

They desperately scanned the billowing dust and smoke, searching for the figures of the Elephantman and Lu Yuan, eager to learn what was happening within.

Finally, the dense dust and smoke began to dissipate.

Two figures were revealed before everyone—

The Elephantman's downward-smashing arms were firmly held in place by two large hands, veins bulging prominently.

HUFF—HUFF—

Lu Yuan's body was now half-crouched, his combat suit completely disintegrated, revealing the powerful and perfectly sculpted physique beneath.

Behind him, a giant, blood-red lotus-like eye had fully opened.

A dark golden Vigor glowed across his entire body, and nine blood-red lines converged on his chest, forming the shape of a dragon.

Furthermore, a dense black Death Qi formed a thin, dark film covering his outermost layer. The excess qi danced wildly along with his long black hair.

Behind Lu Yuan, an Elephantman phantom—nearly twenty meters tall, astonishingly lifelike, and almost identical to the Elephantman before him—floated silently.

Lu Yuan panted heavily, then slowly, bit by bit, raised his head.

His completely bloodshot eyes locked with the single eye on the Elephantman's forehead.

A corner of his mouth pulled up, revealing a set of sharp, snow-white teeth. He grinned, his smile wild and unrestrained.

"Nine types of Transverse Martial Arts activated simultaneously, all nine gates open... No, wait. With the Netherworld Clothing, it should be ten gates fully open!"

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river..."

"Don't look down on a young man for being poor, brother!"

With that, BOOM!

Lu Yuan's aura surged upwards like a column of signal smoke, rocketing into the heavens!

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