128: He caught the hammer with two fingers, and the whole audience was in awe!
"This Minotaur looks so fierce." In the contestant family area, Mao Xiaomeng said with some concern.
"Don't worry." Capybara munched on melon seeds, looking calm. "In my boss's world, size and combat power are inversely proportional."
Sure enough.
In the center of the arena.
Facing Barton's raging Battle Intent, Su Jue merely tilted his head.
"You look like you might be a bit sturdier than the ones before."
"Die!"
Barton didn't bother with small talk. He roared, swung the meteor hammer—which was larger than a water vat—creating a sonic boom as he smashed it fiercely toward Su Jue!
This single strike was enough to collapse a small mountain!
Watching the whistling meteor hammer, Su Jue remained standing in place, unmoving.
Just as the meteor hammer was about to smash onto his head, he reached out with his chubby little hand.
Then, in the disbelieving gaze of everyone, he used two fingers to gently block the high-speed rotating meteor hammer.
"！！！！！"
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
Barton's full-strength blow, capable of splitting mountains and cracking rocks, was just... caught by an Infant with two fingers, so effortlessly?
Barton's bovine eyes widened larger than copper bells. He used all his strength, trying to pull the meteor hammer back.
But the chain connected to the hammer head was pulled taut, emitting a "creak, creak" sound. Yet the meteor hammer seemed to have grown onto the Infant's fingers, remaining completely motionless!
"Too light."
Su Jue shook his head, looking somewhat disappointed.
Then, he gently rubbed his two fingers together.
"Snap!" A crisp sound rang out. A crack appeared on the meteor hammer, which had been forged from hundred-refined steel.
Immediately following, the cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb.
"Bang!" With a dull thud, the entire meteor hammer was directly... rubbed into metal powder by him!
Barton: "？？？"
The audience: "？？？"
The referee: "？？？"
Everyone was stunned.
Bare-handed... rubbed a Domain Transformation Realm expert's Magic Treasure until it exploded? What kind of monster is this!
"My turn."
Su Jue clapped the metal powder off his hands and grinned at the dumbfounded Barton. That smile, in Barton's eyes, was more terrifying than an abyss demon.
"No... don't!"
Barton let out a shriek, threw away the hammer handle, and turned to run! He didn't want to fight anymore! He wanted to go home to his mother!
However, how could Su Jue let him run away?
"Get back here!"
Su Jue beckoned with his small hand.
【Divine Ability: Gravity Domain!】
【Divine Ability: Space Folding!】
Barton, who had only run a few steps, felt the surrounding space distort. The next second, he found himself back in the original spot.
Furthermore, his body, out of his control, faced Su Jue and fell to his knees.
"Thud!" With a loud bang, the hard arena floor was left with two knee prints from his kneeling.
"Now, tell me." Su Jue walked up to him, looked up, and stared at the Minotaur who was many times taller than him. "Who is 'Bone Crusher'?"
Looking into Su Jue's pure, flawless golden eyes, Barton was so terrified, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, with snot and tears streaming down his face.
"It... it's me! I am Bone Crusher! No, no, no! You are the real Bone Crusher! I am the one who gets his bones crushed!" He cried and shouted while kowtowing frantically. "Thud! Thud! Thud!"
The entire arena was left with only the dull thuds of his massive bovine head colliding with the ground, and the sounds of countless people gasping in shock.
Meanwhile, in a secret box of the arena, the Stone Giant watched the scene on the crystal screen and fell into silence.
"Golden Eyes... are you still there?"
After a long while, a figure wearing a golden mask and shrouded in a black robe appeared behind the Stone Giant.
"My King, I am here." Golden Eyes' voice was somewhat hoarse.
"Did you... see clearly how he did that just now?"
"Replying to the King." Golden Eyes' voice was somewhat incoherent. "His fingers, at the moment they touched the meteor hammer, released a kind of... energy I cannot understand. That energy directly destroyed the material structure of the meteor hammer."
"That is why it shattered like sand."
"As for what followed..." Golden Eyes paused. "It was the perfect combination of Space Law and Law of Gravity. His... understanding and application of Law have already transcended the scope of 'Domain'."
The Stone Giant was silent. After a long while, he slowly spoke.
"This person... I want to meet him personally."
"Arrange all of his matches for today."
"I want to see where his limit truly lies."
"Yes, my King."
Golden Eyes' figure quietly disappeared.
Above the arena.
The Minotaur Barton was still kowtowing repeatedly; he had kowtowed a shallow pit into the floor, and his forehead was a bloody mess. He dared not stop. He was afraid that if he stopped, he would be rubbed into powder just like that meteor hammer.
"Alright, stop kowtowing."
Su Jue waved his hand impatiently. "So noisy."
Barton, as if granted amnesty, immediately stopped his movements, but remained kneeling on the ground, not daring to even lift his head, his body trembling like a sieve.
Su Jue couldn't be bothered to look at him again and turned to look at the sheep-headed referee in mid-air, who was completely stunned.
"Next."
Two words, light as a feather, yet they felt like two heavy hammers smashing fiercely onto the referee's heart.
Still... still coming?
The referee was about to cry.
Big Brother, you've already scared the Earth-Grade champion like this, what else is there to fight for? Wouldn't it be better to just give you the award? Please, leave quickly! If we keep fighting, our arena's prize money for the year won't be enough to cover the damages!
Although he thought this in his heart, he dared not say it out loud. He glanced in the direction of the arena manager, Sand Sea, and found that Sand Sea made a "continue" gesture at him, and also mouthed two words: "Heaven-Grade!"
The referee jolted and instantly understood the higher-ups' intention.
Is this... to use a wheel battle to wear this monster to death? Or is it that they want to use this opportunity to see this monster's trump card?
Regardless, he was just an employee. He took a deep breath, tremblingly picked up the megaphone, and shouted with all his might:
"The... the winner! Su Jue!"
"Next... next! Lord Su Jue will challenge the champion of our Heaven-Grade competition!"
"Let us welcome—'Ghost Shadow', Sarriel!"
As soon as the words fell, the lights of the entire arena suddenly went out at this moment! The whole venue plunged into pitch-black darkness where one could not see their own fingers!
"Whoosh—!"
The audience seats instantly erupted in exclamations and chaos!
"What's going on? Did the power go out?"
"It's 'Ghost Shadow'! It's his Domain!"
"Oh my god! 'Ghost Shadow' Sarriel has personally made a move!"
Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, an eerie voice seemed to ring out from all directions, from every corner simultaneously. The voice was cold, hoarse, and very chuunibyou.
"Infant... you should not have come here."
"This... is the world of adults."
"Now, close your eyes, and I will give you... the gentlest death."
In the contestant family area, Mao Xiaomeng screamed in fright and dove directly into Niu Tuo's arms.
"So... so scary! Where is he? Where is that guy called Sarriel?"
Niu Tuo also looked grave, vigilantly scanning the surrounding darkness.
"This is 'Ghost Shadow' Sarriel's signature Divine Ability—【Eternal Night Domain】. In this Domain, he is the absolute Dominator, capable of creating thousands of Incarnations, existing everywhere."
"He once assassinated three Divine Ability Realm experts of the same level simultaneously within this Domain!"