An angry roar erupted from the mouth of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. It slammed its hands against the seawater, launching its entire body toward Yun Ming like a cannonball. While still in mid-air, a massive purple-gold radiance condensed into a giant Light Sphere around its body. Simultaneously, a colossal phantom of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale emerged behind it.
The purple-gold Light Sphere detached from its main body, transforming into two massive purple-gold war hammers. All energy was completely internalized as they flew toward Yun Ming. It looked as if it intended to engage Yun Ming in a brutal, close-quarters brawl.
Close-range combat with fully internalized energy is the method by which a powerhouse maximizes their own attack power. If the strength of two combatants is similar, and one party chooses this dangerous style of attack, the other has no choice but to follow suit. This is because if you use an energy-based attack, the opponent's internalized energy can easily shatter it, making it difficult to inflict any real damage.
Yun Ming naturally understood this point. However, playing a close-quarters game with him was exactly what he wanted.
Facing the charging Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Yun Ming did not dodge, meeting it head-on. Just as the two were about to collide, Yun Ming's body flickered like a phantom. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King felt a blur before its eyes, and Yun Ming had already arrived at its side. The Atlas Divine Spear in his hand thrust forward, its golden, gleaming tip already reaching the creature's waist.
Yun Ming's attack was fierce. Under normal circumstances, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King should have dodged, or it would certainly suffer. Yet, it chose the most irrational tactic: ignoring the strike entirely, it let the Atlas Divine Spear pierce toward its waist while swinging its pair of deep purple-gold Eight-Sided Plum Blossom Hammers, aiming to smash them down onto Yun Ming's head. If that blow actually landed, Yun Ming would likely be crushed to death instantly, as the hammers contained the creature's immense energy.
Yun Ming was incredibly sharp; in an instant, he understood the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's intent. This guy was trying to trade wounds for a kill! Although its Energy Armor couldn't block all of Yun Ming's offensive, it could still dissipate the power of that spear strike. Yun Ming's strike wouldn't kill it, but if those two hammers connected, Yun Ming would be finished.
Yun Ming naturally wouldn't engage in such a losing trade. He retreated explosively in mid-air, stomping hard on the Void to dodge the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's strike.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King pressed its advantage, following up instantly. It swung its hammers through the air, using the momentum of its previous attack to briefly suppress Yun Ming. Although its pair of Eight-Sided Plum Blossom Hammers were just the Xiaji Eight Strikes—lacking any real technique—it relied on its powerful Demigod body to make every swing heavy, forceful, and incredibly fast.
One figure flashed with silver light, dodging rapidly, while the other transformed into purple lightning, following like a shadow. Yun Ming drifted like duckweed, swaying amidst the storm of hammers. On the surface, Yun Ming was slightly on the defensive, but his expression remained perfectly calm.
A ferocious grin appeared at the corner of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's mouth. While it had no way to counter Yun Ming's high-frequency Teleportation, each of its hammer swings wasn't simple. Invisible energy was saturating the surrounding space; if it could land a few more strikes and let enough energy dissipate to cover a large enough volume, it wouldn't be so easy for Yun Ming to dodge anymore.
However, just as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King thought it had succeeded and its Soul Power domain was about to take shape, Yun Ming suddenly stopped dodging. He raised his spear and thrust, one strike turning into a thousand shadows, beginning a direct frontal assault.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's energy field was set up perfectly, but how could Yun Ming fail to sense such dense energy in the surroundings? His Spiritual Power had been carefully scouting every change in the vicinity. With his mastery over space, if he really wanted to run, he could just perform a long-distance Teleportation. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King relied on speed to chase, which couldn't compare to Yun Ming. The reason he hadn't done so was, first, to drain its energy, and second, to stall for time—after all, the opponent's time was far more precious than his own.
Rumble—
The Atlas Spear collided repeatedly with the purple-gold heavy hammers, emitting thunderous roars. Not a single one of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's chaotic strikes landed; Yun Ming caught them all. After the final collision between hammer and spear, both figures retreated dozens of meters, separating once more.
Seeing its technique broken so easily, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King realized it had been outplayed. It felt bitter, but the unpredictable battlefield gave it no time to vent, as Yun Ming attacked again.
"My turn," Yun Ming's cold voice rang in the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's ears, a blinding golden light pointing straight at its heart.
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King wanted to counterattack, but its previous rapid assault had consumed too much energy. Even with the strength of a million-year-old beast, its internal energy had fallen into a brief period of weakness, forcing it to gasp for breath. It raised its hammers to guard its front, hoping to trade defense for offense and find a chance to strike back, just as Yun Ming had done earlier.
But while its plan was beautiful, Yun Ming had no intention of giving it the chance. Combat is about using a series of feints to find an opponent's weakness and then delivering the final, true strike. Now that the weakness had appeared, how could Yun Ming miss it?
Yun Ming's aura of Absolute Dominance erupted fully. On the transparent, archaic Atlas Spear, a flame of Soul Power blending gold, silver, and white blazed brightly.
The endless flames rapidly retracted and condensed, transforming into a dazzling, unbearable point of light at the tip of the Atlas Spear. All of Yun Ming's aura and pressure were condensed into that single point using his Space Attribute and Anti-air Power, not leaking a single bit.
Atlas, Royal Power!
Feeling the terrifying aura of "Absolute Dominance, Dominance Without Borders" radiating from Yun Ming, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's already shaky belief in victory became even more unstable. It felt as if it had returned to the day that man pierced its eye, and a sliver of fear sprouted involuntarily from the depths of its heart. Although the situation was different now, that was exactly how it felt inside.
Boom—
Spear and hammer met. A thunderous roar echoed in the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's mind; blood flowed from its seven orifices, and its spirit grew dazed. A clash of royal-path offense, the strongest Spirit Master against the strongest Sea Soul Master—whoever feared, lost. From the moment the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King lost its conviction of victory, its defeat today was destined.
Yun Ming raised his long spear once more. Boundless space energy condensed on the Atlas Spear. A cluster of Black Flame ignited on the spearhead, slowly shrinking until all radiance vanished, leaving only a black dot at the tip that swallowed all light.
Atlas, Annihilation!
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was distracted by pain and couldn't sense it for the moment, but the Demon Emperor could! Seeing the situation on Yun Ming's side, it was filled with anxiety, its eyes splitting with rage.
"My King!"
The Demon Emperor abandoned defense entirely, launching a frantic counterattack. It wanted to break free from the four Soul Spirits to rescue its husband. But this served no practical purpose other than accelerating its own demise, and in the end, it could only watch helplessly as Yun Ming made his move.
"It's over!"
With a whisper from Yun Ming, the Atlas Divine Spear thrust again, piercing straight through the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's chest without the slightest resistance.
The intense pain awakened the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. It lowered its gaze to its chest, looking at the Atlas Divine Spear that had run through its heart, blood spraying wildly from its mouth and nose.
I lost, didn't I.
The excruciating pain and the slowly fading strength told the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King this fact. Its vision was already beginning to blur; this was the precursor to the passing of Life. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King whispered with difficulty.
"The final move—after this, you will obtain my Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone."
As the words fell, the armor on the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's body suddenly exploded.
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