Max looked at the countless figures of Darian surrounding him and a faint smile curved his lips. 'A speed mirage?' The thought surfaced calmly in his mind as his eyes sharpened. He had already seen through the trick the instant Darian split into dozens of afterimages.
Without hesitation, he activated his Dinsional Sovereign Body. The shift was subtle yet absolute. The space around him seed unchanged to outsiders, yet to Max everything beca crystalline and precise.
The chaotic blur of motion that would have confused any ordinary cultivator turned painfully clear. Every ripple in space, every disturbance in movent, every fluctuation of aura revealed itself to him. Darian's so called mirages beca nothing more than shallow reflections. Max could pinpoint the true body moving among them as easily as spotting a fla in the dark.
"Which one is true ? Which one will you attack?" All the Darians spoke at once, their voices overlapping and echoing from every direction, creating a disorienting wave of sound that attempted to invade Max's senses. The figures circled him with relentless speed, their movents weaving an intricate web of confusion ant to force hesitation.
Yet Max rely smiled faintly. His thoughts flowed with quiet confidence. 'I can either overpower him or speed blitz him using my seven colored lightning as the base for Storm King's Inheritance or…' His eyes flickered with a glint of amusent as the final option surfaced in his mind. The smile on his face deepened ever so slightly.
In the very next instant, without warning or visible transition, both Max and Darian found themselves standing in the center of a vast ice world. The blazing battlefield vanished as though it had never existed, replaced by endless white plains and towering glaciers that radiated a biting cold.
The air itself felt heavy and rigid. Darian's expression faltered as confusion flashed across his face. He could not comprehend when the space beneath his feet had shifted, nor how the world had changed so completely without him sensing the transition.
The mont he stepped into the frozen domain, his speed dropped drastically. The once fluid mirages began to distort and slow, their outlines trembling as the cold seeped into them. One by one the afterimages faded, unable to maintain their existence under the oppressive chill. In re breaths, all the false figures disappeared, leaving only Darian's true body standing exposed in the heart of the ice world.
The cold tightened around him like invisible chains. Frost crept up from his feet, climbing his legs and spreading across his torso before he could react. His movents grew sluggish, his breathing shallow as the freezing aura invaded his body.
Within seconds, ice encased him entirely. His expression of shock remained frozen on his face as his body turned into a lifeless statue of crystal clear frost. From the mont the surroundings changed to the instant Darian beca an ice sculpture, only a few seconds had passed. Before he could even begin to understand what had happened, everything was already over.
This was the power of the Dinsional Sovereign Body. It allowed Max to manifest his dinsion into reality, reshaping the battlefield according to his will. What he had displayed was rely a small scale domain effect, restrained and controlled. He did not dare reveal the full might of this ability, fully aware that countless eyes were watching him from beyond the arena.
"Hehe." Max let out a light laugh as he looked at the frozen figure before him and then began walking toward Darian's statue with unhurried steps. The vast ice world still stretched endlessly around them, the cold wind brushing against his clothes while frost shimred faintly across the surface of the statue.
When he arrived before it, he did not unleash any grand technique or gather any terrifying aura. Instead, he simply raised his hand and flicked the statue with his fingers as though he were brushing away a speck of dust.
Bang!
The frozen body shattered instantly. Cracks spread from the point where his finger had touched, racing across the surface in a web of fractures before the entire statue burst apart into countless ice fragnts. The shards scattered across the icy ground and dissolved into faint particles of frost, leaving no trace of Darian behind. The entire scene was clean and decisive, devoid of struggle or resistance.
Outside, everyone watching Max's battle fell into silence. The spectators had prepared themselves to witness a fierce clash against the speed mirage technique on the thirtieth floor, yet none of them had expected the fight to end in such a straightforward manner. The transition from overwhelming illusions to absolute stillness had happened so quickly that many had not even processed what they were seeing until Darian had already shattered.
Elder Seraphina snorted softly when she saw that Max had so easily passed the opponent on the thirtieth floor, her expression carrying a trace of dissatisfaction. In contrast, the other elders could not conceal their excitent. Their eyes glead as they observed the replay of the battle through the screens.
"A domain of ice? This kid used a domain against a speed mirage ability. A wise move I would say." Joe's expression remained dark even as he spoke. Although he had praised Max earlier, he had not truly believed that Max would make it past the thirtieth floor. Yet the result stood before him undeniable and clear.
At that mont, Joe finally understood why the seven family heads had displayed such unwavering confidence in Max. The calmness with which the young man had assessed the situation and chosen the most efficient thod to neutralize his opponent revealed a depth that went beyond simple strength.
'This kid hides deep. His combat power is simply off the charts.' Joe evaluated Max once more in his mind and found his curiosity growing stronger. The more he observed, the more he realized that what Max showed on the surface was only a fraction of what he truly possessed.
Just as everyone was still discussing Max's swift victory over Darian, the scene within the Combat Tower shifted and Max arrived at the thirty first floor. The environnt around him changed once more, forming a vast stone arena suspended in darkness.
Standing opposite him was a human figure whose presence carried a calm yet ancient aura. Unlike Darian, whose arrogance had been obvious, this opponent stood silently with sharp eyes that reflected countless battles.
This was not a simple construct ford by the tower. It was a soul fragnt left behind by a real warrior who was still alive sowhere in the Divine Realm. Even though only a fragnt of his soul remained here, the pressure he emitted was real and steady.
His cultivation was at the fifth level of the Rebirth Realm, the sa as Darian. However, the aura he displayed was more refined and controlled. The battle began without unnecessary words. The opponent moved with experienced precision, launching calculated attacks that targeted vital points while maintaining flawless defense.
Yet to Max, who had already activated the awareness of his Dinsional Sovereign Body, every movent seed predictable. He responded with calm efficiency, countering each strike with overwhelming force. Within a short span of ti, the arena fell silent as the soul fragnt dissipated under Max's attack. The victory was decisive and clean, no more difficult than his previous fight.
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