Li Changzhou shattered the space, appearing behind the Mechanical Clan. As the artillery shell the Mechanical Clan had transformed into was about to hit him, he showed no reaction.
The Mechanical Clan passed through the "Teleportation—One Million Energy Shields", that seemingly indestructible body turned into a puff of smoke-like particles, disappearing without a trace.
But... the Ripple Armory did not disappear.
Whiz! Whiz! Whiz! Whiz!
The Light Spheres that Li Changzhou had ignored, diligently wove a dense network of light lines within the Barrier.
Above the net, the Light Spheres hovered like spiders. Li Changzhou glanced at the white card, "Teleportation" was still lit, but...
There was no space left in the Duel Arena for him to teleport to.
The next "Teleportation" could only happen after the previous "Teleportation—One Million Energy Shields" disappeared, and as soon as the Shield vanished, he would immediately be pierced by the already formed lines—his coat couldn't cover his entire body.
"Teleportation" could only take him outside the arena, which naturally meant he lost.
Just hiding in the "Honey Jar World" was out of the question; dragging it out to the end would also mean a loss.
"Detection······ Immobilization plan successful." Three quintillion, six hundred fifty-two billion's new body slowly emerged from the Ripple Weaponry.
[I should have listened to you and destroyed the Armory first.]
A surge of negative emotions rushed forth... to no effect.
Guanyin shook her head: [I can only sense the outside world through you right now, I didn't see through the opponent's methods before.]
[What now?] asked Li Changzhou with a frown.
[Don't be afraid,] Guanyin smiled enchantingly, with little of a Bodhisattva's detachment, more like a worldly woman's charm, [Just hold on for a while, I'll transmit the 'Forbidden Cuff Spell' to you.]
[...The one Sun Wukong wore?]
[That's the 'Tightening Charm', there's also the 'Golden Hoop Spell', I'll explain the difference later. Listen closely—The gateway to all wonders is through endurance...]
Li Changzhou really wanted to ask Guanyin if the 'Forbidden Cuff Spell' would work on mechanical beings, but now whether it worked or not, he only had one chance to try it.
His eyes blazed like blue giant stars, and lasers gushed forth, shooting at the Armory.
A majestic aura expanded outward from the Ripple Armory, forming a tangible, transparent wall. The blue lasers, following the wall's patterns, turned into energy to charge the weapons inside the Ripple Armory!
Apart from the central Star Destroyer and the semi-floated Mechanical Clan in the 'water', all the weapons in the Ripple Armory retreated in formation, and the Fusion Cannons took their place, each one being pushed forward.
The cannon muzzles were aligned in rows and columns, a hundred in each direction, totaling ten thousand.
The energy at each muzzle began to condense, like little suns.
When the light from the ten thousand Fusion Cannons joined together, it turned into one massive sun.
"Command······ Fire." Along with the order from Three quintillion, six hundred fifty-two billion, this colossal sun, with its overwhelming presence, advanced towards Li Changzhou, who had no escape, no place to hide.
Li Qianxia clenched her fists, her palms sweating.
"What do you think he'll do?" Turquoise Pool asked Yang Qinglan.
"What do you think?" Yang Qinglan countered.
The sun slowly advanced, its dazzling light cast on their faces.
"No." Yang Qinglan watched Li Changzhou, who seemed particularly small under the sun, "He's fiercely competitive and wouldn't use the same move he considers underhanded twice in a match, and also... hiding in the 'Honey Jar World' for too long could mean a loss. He places great importance on this match and wouldn't take the risk."
Li Changzhou sat down cross-legged, shrinking in size to that of a seven or eight-year-old child.
The coat that should have shrunk with him was prevented from doing so; instead, he spun it around in front of him like a cape, the coat billowed like an umbrella, shielding him from what loomed above.
The sun pressed down.
Li Changzhou ignored the roaring loudness, high-energy streams gushed like light by his side, standing like a tenacious rock in the midst of Fusion Cannons.
"Concentration", "Wisdom Pearl", "Child's Body"... When the stream of light ended, he had learned the 'Forbidden Cuff Spell'.
[The longer the 'Tightening Charm' is cultivated, the better its effect and the longer its duration. The 'Forbidden Cuff' you've cultivated now can only last for one minute at most, you must torture him with all your might.]
[Torture? Isn't that against the precepts?] Li Changzhou stood up, his body restored to its towering stature. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡✶𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚✶𝙣𝙚𝙩
[It is, but you are not from the Buddhist faith.]
Li Changzhou donned his coat.
Boom! His heart trembled, and a circle of red light spread out, evolving into a red halo behind him;
Boom! His liver roared, and behind him, evolved a blue halo;
His spleen stretched like a baby, evolving a yellow halo;
His lungs breathed out, expelling a burst of light, forming a golden halo;
His kidneys, nestled close together, evolved a black halo behind him.
The five organ halos gradually diminished in size, interlocking with each other to form one complete disk, which barely needed a slight turn.
Li Changzhou sprung up, transforming into a thousand-foot "Divine Body", the air bursting with fury, dispersing in all directions, white waves hung like waterfalls upon the "Divine Body".
His legs, like columns supporting heaven, stepped into the light net as if into a pit of snakes. The light net, like leeches, burned holes around the edges of his legs, siphoning blood.
But that was the extent of it.
Li Changzhou swung his right arm.
Amidst the sound of water, three waves, each fifty meters wide, coiled around his right arm.
The force field above the Ripple Armory shattered, and before the Fist Seal completely broke the field, the Star Destroyer below had already turned into rubble.
The "Divine Body" raised its left hand, with its fingers shaped like claws, it tore through the force field, pulling out Three quintillion, six hundred fifty-two billion, who had been about to sink into the ripples.
Behind him, the Five Organs Gears clicked, emitting a rumble like the turning of the world. With a squeeze of his left hand, Three quintillion, six hundred fifty-two billion looked emotionlessly at Li Changzhou, the Mi'er Metal still undamaged.