I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods

Chapter 612 168: The Final Gamble

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To be honest, Yun You isn't having a great time at the moment.

Ever since Shen Ye unleashed his ultimate move, the flames surrounding him have formed a barrage network covering half the sky, continuously hurling compressed fireballs at Yun You.

Each fireball isn't particularly powerful, equivalent to the destructive power of heavy artillery at most, and can be completely defended against.

But their sheer number is overwhelming. If she stays on the defensive, Yun You will never have a chance to attack, slowly being forced into a corner, with her movements compressed.

Thus, sometimes she has to brace through the fireballs to launch an attack on Shen Ye using her Phantom Blade Man skills.

But the problem is, Shen Ye doesn't fear any form of damage right now.

Just earlier, Yun You sliced open Shen Ye's skull, even injuring his cerebellum and central nervous system, but he only zoned out for a few seconds before filling the injured body tissue with flames, regaining consciousness.

Though Yun You knows this is merely a temporary recovery, not true healing, she realizes it is truly challenging to take down Shen Ye at this moment.

But...

It's okay.

Yun You grinned, her fighting spirit surging even more!

In fact, after eliminating Hikamu and advancing her sequence to Tier Three, her physique rapidly improved like a wild horse freed from reins, reaching the peak of Tier Three within just a few minutes.

At first, she was puzzled about why her progress was so swift. But she soon understood.

It's all thanks to the Floating Island incident.

The day she absorbed the projection of Karma Remnant Buddha on the island, most of that power healed her wounds but a small portion was stored within her body through some unclear principle.

When her physique hit the bottleneck due to sequence limitations, the energy remained dormant, silent, but once Yun You broke through the bottleneck, it immediately transformed into her strength.

Yun You sensed that even after her physique reached the peak of Tier Three, there was still a considerable amount of unused energy stored in her body.

The promotion in the Apprentice Death God's sequence level differs from the cultivation depicted in novels and movies; there is no such thing as "superficial realm".

The Death God Sequence is incredibly realistic; it allows even a young child with no life experiences and insights to advance if they meet its objective criteria.

Conversely, if one does not meet its standards, even those with vast life experiences cannot break through.

So, simply put, Yun You's direct growth from Tier Two peak to Tier Three peak won't have any "damage" to her foundations even if she leaps to Tier Four or Five.

As for combat effectiveness... that's solely reliant on the Death God's battle experience. The more one fights, the stronger they become.

Now, standing at the peak of Tier Three, Yun You feels the signs of a bottleneck shaking again during this fierce battle with Shen Ye. And what shakes this time is the hardest "Lord Sequence" bottleneck to break — spiritual transformation.

This clearly indicates that fighting Shen Ye to the end is what she truly desires in her heart.

Apprentice Death Gods can possess various personalities, but to become strong, or rather all strong individuals, they undoubtedly share one common mental trait.

That is — following one's heart.

Yun You laughed boldly, while enduring three fireballs, she forced herself close to Shen Ye, swung the Red Scale Scimitar at Shen Ye's torso.

"Swish——!"

No surprises, Shen Ye and the flames around him were severed in half by Yun You, with blood and marrow gushing out...

But the next moment, new flames wrapped around the wound, reattaching it.

Shen Ye retaliated with a palm strike, directly hitting Yun You's shoulder...

The girl was immediately sent flying backward, with her shoulder blade shattered, retreating dozens of meters before barely stabilizing herself.

The strike resulted in an evenly matched exchange, where neither benefited much.

However, Yun You could feel Shen Ye's flame temperature slowly declining; he couldn't last much longer.

Shen Ye was also aware of this.

Thus, for once, he did not chase Yun You with more fireballs, but paused for a moment, then suddenly gathered all the surrounding flames to form a massive longbow over three meters long.

"Continuing to burn time is meaningless."

"Since that's the case, let's end this conflict with a single move."

Shen Ye drew the longbow, pulling hard as the surrounding flames transformed into an orange glow, climbing up his body, converging from his arm to his fingertips into a substantial flame arrow.

Unlike previous "Sniper Style" arrows, this new flame arrow was thicker, with a blue energy stream mixed into the arrow head.

This was no mere plasma, but a display of nuclear fusion; its internal pressure and high temperature could already artificially generate fusion reactors!

"It's the final form of Melting Furnace Style — the 'Solar Shooting Longbow'!"

On the stands, Vitinya's pupils shrunk, recognizing the move once more.

"Three years ago, Brother Shen used this move to burn Jiang Changfeng and his thirty plus brothers into ashes..."

Tang Jin leaned back leisurely in his chair.

"Now, it's time for our junior sister to face this move."

"Let's see what kind of ace the old master enlisted in his repertoire."

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Feeling the surging heat wave, Yun You shielded her body with hands, continually pushed back by the heat, contemplating deeply.

This Shen Ye truly has developed his ability to the fullest, even capable of hand-crafting thermo-nuclear fusion.

Such individuals, no matter the era or place, are undeniable geniuses, capable of influencing countless destinies.

Yet, sadly, in this chaotic era, he cannot fully control his own destiny.

It is somewhat lamentable thinking about it.

Yet, Yun You doesn't dwell on it much.

Her task now is to exert her all as well.

"Once more, Jiali, I seek your aid."

"Please lend me your strength."

With those words, Yun You shut her eyes, put away the Red Scale weapon, deftly pinched her fingers into an incantation gesture, and began reciting a series of cryptic "Ancient Spells".

Then she extended her hands above and below, assuming the "Valve Grasp" posture.

With the incantations flowing from Yun You's mouth, an invisible, intangible power emerged not far behind.

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"Eh? Why has the sky turned white?"

Above the Great Colosseum, spectators suddenly noticed the starry sky overhead vanishing without warning.

Instead, it was replaced by an expanse of white barren land.

It reflected in the sky without any clue of how it appeared.

"Wait, this... this looks like the moon?!"

Finally, some keen-eyed spectators had their eyes widen with realization that this wasn't some strange land or unknown planet.

It was Earth's satellite — the Moon.

Yet...

Why would the Moon appear here?

People struggled to comprehend.

Shen Ye was equally bewildered.

He blankly stared at the moon above him; this familiar full moon that he sees almost nightly when he gazes up.

Yet, somehow, this Moon seemed strangely unfamiliar to him.

It felt unlike a mere celestial body, more like an entity cloaked in lunar guise — something else entirely.

"This move, I'm using it for the second time."

Yun You slowly opened her eyes, the corners of her mouth curling into a smile.

"Let it be the epilogue to your tale."

Carefully twisting the invisible "valve" in her hands, she turned it upside down completely, leaving behind a soft spoken phrase.

"Heaven and Earth... Revolve——"