Chapter 249: A Battle of Wits

And now, this strongest enemy—due to Yun Ruoxi’s continuous goading—had entered the **[Perfect Awakening]** state nearly 1 year early, becoming far more powerful than in the original plot!

Therefore, whether Lin Zhen and the others could still narrowly defeat this reinforced version of Mo Yuan like in the original plot was something even Yun Ruoxi could no longer predict.

“Old Mo killing anyone besides Old Xi is as easy as crushing a stray dog on the side of the road.”

“Old Mo saw Old Xi was imprisoned and realized he could play in the low-end bracket to bully noobs; he’s grinning ear to ear now.”

“For real. Before, he had to wait for the tree god guards, but now he’s charging faster than anyone.”

“Mo Yuan!”

Looking at the ordinary house that was burning with a raging fire after Zi Jiu had crashed a hole through it, Kaos was shocked, worried, and furious. With a loud shout, he instantly pushed his supernatural power to its absolute limit.

A ghostly, wailing gale rose from the flat ground, wrapping around fine sand as it began to spin frantically. The entire world, covered by the sand, turned a murky yellow.

“Blood Ring!”

Near a corner of the spaceship, Aili took a deep breath and raised her right hand.

She was just about to use her supernatural power to coordinate with Kaos and the others against Mo Yuan when Yun Che grabbed her by the collar and dragged her back.

“Stick to the plan!” Yun Che said in a deep voice, his face showing visible gravity. “Stay in the back and use your power to help me hinder those four Combatants.”

Aili pursed her lips and then nodded hard, turning to look at the four Combatants running toward them from four different directions.

She raised both hands, and blood began to seep from her palms.

One blood ring after another generated from the pool of blood on the ground, shooting toward the four Combatants at extreme speed.

The four Combatants frowned at the delicate blood rings, preparing to either dodge them or simply shatter them with a punch.

But in the next second, these blood rings exploded simultaneously. They carried a forced knockback effect against those of the same level, forcibly pushing them back more than 10 meters.

They roared in frustration in their hearts, but just then, a figure flowing with shadows suddenly appeared behind them.

*Bang!*

The Eldest Brawler threw a backhand punch that sent Yun Che flying. He sneered, “Trying to sneak attack a Combatant? Pure fantasy!”

“I just realized Xiao Ai’s power is actually pretty good. Forced knockback… I feel like it could be really strong if developed well.”

“Xiao Ai’s **Stellar Energy Index** is still too low.”

“If you have the mechanics but not the numbers, you’re destined for a support role…”

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh!*

Mo Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly as he watched the terrifying tornado quickly forming.

He raised his right hand and switched to Kaos’s supernatural power, **[Airflow Manipulation]**, intending to stop the tornado from taking shape.

However, in the next second…

Two black shadows suddenly burst out from the sand-filled air from the left and right. Wrapped in airflow and silt, they rushed forward at extreme speed.

A purple glow flowed within Mo Yuan’s eyes.

Then, his body suddenly shrank to only 30 centimeters. He leaped into the air and sent Anvil flying with a heavy punch.

Defying common logic, he then stepped on the air itself to gain height and brought a leg down toward the top of Kaos’s head.

But as fast as Mo Yuan was, Kaos was faster.

Wild winds continuously erupted from his body, and like a puppet being pulled by silk threads, he moved horizontally and ascended through the air in a strange posture.

He flew in a circle around Mo Yuan and appeared above him.

The 2 years of persistent research into his power allowed Kaos to move as quickly as a hummingbird in the air when his power was fully stimulated.

Looking down at the slightly caught-off-guard Mo Yuan, a fierce light gleamed in Kaos’s eyes.

He clenched his right hand into a heavy fist, and three star energy metal darts popped out from between his fingers.

‘Die!’

He roared in his heart and swung his right fist down heavily, yet not even the slightest sound of breaking air was produced.

Because the moment he swung his fist, he had sucked away all the air in front of it. And sound…cannot travel in a vacuum!

This was a silent punch—a sure-kill technique for anyone seeing it for the first time!

Had it been the Mo Yuan from the original plot, he likely would have struggled to dodge. He would have been heavily injured and forced to switch to his self-healing power to recover.

But this was the reinforced version who had been goaded by Yun Ruoxi.

Although he hadn’t detected the sound of Kaos’s punch, the **[Senses Domain]** he had stolen from Yun Ruoxi allowed him to spot the anomaly.

He instantly switched to Yun Ruoxi’s Telekinesis and raised his hand, deploying layer upon layer of **[Telekinetic Shield]** above his head.

*Pwah!*

In the face of star energy metal, the powerful telekinetic shields were pierced one after another like butter.

However, they still managed to hinder the speed of the falling darts, granting Mo Yuan just enough reaction time to use his telekinesis to shift away from Kaos’s fist by a hair’s breadth.

“This wave is entirely Old Xi’s fault.”

“This Old Mo is just like the Old Mo in the real world; he’s so good at stealing things. Now it’s a dark joke.”

“What is he, Copy Ninja Kakashi-Mo? Using Old Xi’s moves to beat her own people, I’m dying laughing.”

Although the Audience didn’t know the level of the original Mo Yuan, they could still see that his ability to dodge the strike was thanks to Yun Ruoxi.

*Bang!*

All the telekinetic shields suddenly exploded.

Mo Yuan appeared 3 meters away, looking at Kaos as he slowly retracted his fist with a gaze full of appreciation.

“Quite an impressive technique.”

He offered his critique like a commandant, then suddenly snapped his head around.

A beam of white light pierced through the dust and flew past the side of his cheek, leaving behind a slightly charred graze.

*Sizzle…*

Switching to his self-healing power, the graze on Mo Yuan’s cheek healed instantly.

His purple eyes slowly turned toward the Red-haired Girl on the opposite side of the hole in the dust cloud.

She held her hands in a hollow circle, and within her palms, a dense cluster of iron needles flickered with electric arcs, buzzing loudly.

“Scarlet? You’re actually here too!”

Mo Yuan raised his right hand.

A powerful electromagnetic wave spread rapidly, instantly interfering with and destroying the **[Electromagnetic Cannon]** in Scarlet’s palms.

“Surrender now, and I can act as if you were never here,” he said from his high vantage point.

“Heh.”

Scarlet sneered and gave her answer through action—she covered her body in electric arcs and began recharging her **[Electromagnetic Cannon]**, aiming it directly at Mo Yuan as he floated in the air.

“Obstinate.” Mo Yuan shook his head.

Scarlet’s power to manipulate electromagnetism allowed her to fire an electromagnetic cannon that far exceeded her current strength.

Even he didn’t dare take a direct hit, which was why he had tried to convince her to surrender.

But if she wouldn’t, it didn’t really matter.

To him, it was ultimately just a bit more trouble.

With that thought, Mo Yuan raised his hand, and overlapping layers of telekinesis blasted the charging Kaos away.

But in the next second, Anvil suddenly appeared behind him, his hands shimmering with a dim light.

**[Star-Shattering Punch]**!

—The Level 1 secret art of the **[Sacred Hand Shattered Star Style]**!

It involved instantly stimulating 30% of the star energy in one’s body and concealing it within the palm. Once unleashed, it carried the special effects of “shattering” and “explosion.”

If used by a powerful Combatant, a single punch would be enough to shatter a star.