But... after this punch landed, Shen Li plunged into Silent Annihilation.
Because the purpose of this punch was not to make him feel pain or hurt.
Shen Li’s eyes remained open.
But within his pupils, a gradually spreading dull gray was taking over.
Where his iron-stained face made contact with Gu Shen’s fist, a tiny, struggling flame of Blazing Fire ensnared. This flame did not harm Shen Li’s flesh but seeped into his acupuncture points, drop by drop, like water, then infiltrated his soul.
Fatty Luo looked shocked. He certainly knew the go-to tactics of Spiritual Transcendents in battle... but what stunned him was that in the midst of rapid combat, to precisely control spiritual power was no easy feat.
And... leading someone into a Dream takes time!
With Shen Li’s speed, it would only take one-tenth of a second from the punch being thrown to landing!
Spiritual Transcendents, with their frail bodies, just need to endure one punch from the Iron Eater... and would be equivalent to having lost their fighting capacity.
To deploy Blazing Fire Hypnosis at such close quarters... was a combat decision that could be deemed insane!
"If I remember correctly..." Gu Nanfeng suddenly spoke, asking Lu Nanjin, "Gu Shen’s spiritual power, he just passed the Deep Sea Third Layer test, didn’t he?"
Nan Jin looked complex, nodding her head.
"What, Gu Shen just passed the Deep Sea Third Level?"
Fatty Luo murmured, "Shen Li has achieved Deep Sea Fifth Layer Perfect... How dare he?"
An invasion by spiritual power is extremely risky.
If the opponent’s spiritual power is stronger than one’s own... one is easily susceptible to spiritual backlash.
Unlike physical injuries, once spiritual power is wounded, it’s very difficult to repair.
Therefore, the Spiritual Transcendents’ Hypnosis is generally only used from a higher tier against a lower tier...
"The hypnosis hasn’t succeeded yet... Shen Li is resisting."
Lu Nanjin narrowed his eyes, slowly speaking.
The tiny flame, having only entered the surface of the iron man’s skin, was strenuously squeezed out.
At the material level, the back-and-forth tug-of-war of their spiritual powers manifested... Obviously, Gu Shen aimed to hypnotize Shen Li forcibly, while Shen Li resisted with all his might, dragging both into a battle of strength!
"Shen Li wants to kill Gu Shen with one punch... and Gu Shen, he wants to hypnotize Shen Li straight away..."
Luo Yu murmured, "Are these two madmen?"
The approach of both sides was extremely blunt and straightforward, without any hesitation or dragging their feet.
Being punched by the Iron Eater, one would likely be left half dead.
Similarly, once dragged into a Dream by Gu Shen’s S-rank Blazing Fire, Shen Li wouldn’t need to fight any longer. With his spirit overpowered, he’d become but a plaything in the Dream, a fate potentially more dismal than being punched.
Dead silence encompassed the area.
Sweat slowly emerged on Gu Shen’s forehead.
He closed his eyes, concentrating all his spiritual power into one point.
The Blazing Fire Flame had penetrated nine-tenths into Shen Li’s skin... on the brink of success, a powerful aura suddenly undulated from within the opponent’s body.
Layers of iron wind began to revolve around the two of them.
The once stagnant Iron Eater... started to move again, and an invisible iron wind formed a spreading, shallow barrier, blocking the outside gaze once more.
"This familiar aura... could it be a domain?"
"... There’s such a thing?"
Fatty Luo’s expression darkened as he murmured, "Shen Li has broken through in the midst of battle!"