Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 2590: Chapter 2585: Kong Da’s Fear

Superior Beings always strive for a double win; wise sayings must not be forgotten.

When aware that Lord Rom’s ultimate move wasn’t locked onto the head, Fu Qian was already involved, helping to ponder how to eliminate the villain.

Chasing and hacking away? That thought lacking technical content—how could Lord Rom choose it?

Not to mention the earlier proof that running nonstop, the Tyrant simply couldn’t catch up.

Scientific coordination, compressing space step by step?

This indeed sounds more reasonable, after all, the Inverted Lake isn’t that large; cutting directly through like a chessboard does indeed present the possibility to compress the space step-by-step.

But don’t forget to link theory with reality—Lord Rom is almost out of energy, where’s the strength to play chess and encircle you?

Even with the home field advantage, Fu Qian thinks that the Godslaying Power can only strike a few times.

If this doesn’t work and that doesn’t work, then the question arises—how can Lord Rom dare start such a seemingly hopeless situation?

It is, of course, because there’s a third strategy.

Might those repeated hacks have an initial target that isn’t the Abandonment King at all?

As the ultimate battle of a Superior Being like Lord Rom, no matter how bleak it looks, the strategy must guarantee a hundred percent win.

You’re great at running, right?

Running is pointless; I’ll uproot the terrain directly.

Rom’s greatest advantage is his familiarity with this place; how could he abandon that?

And since he is nearly done, things like Doomsday are not even considered.

Breaking a wall may not need stabbing every square centimeter—it only requires scientifically selecting a few points.

Therefore, already when conscious of non-targeted attacks, Fu Qian felt this place might turn blood-red.

Those cuts by Lord Rom appear to be strategic maneuvering, but essentially might be demolition work.

As for the target jumping around, colliding is best, but if not, no effort will be wasted.

If the real goal is demolishing the field, supplementing with more cuts when one isn’t effective seems probable to Fu Qian.

In short, it mostly depends on understanding an old friend, and a bit of daring to try.

The advantage of Lord Rom is his home turf; Fu Qian’s advantage is his Blood Bar.

The opponent may spare nothing, but Fu Qian won’t give up his advantage out of boredom.

And now, more than one conclusion has emerged—

[SAN Points minus 1]

When his fingers touched the blood-red crystal, the familiar prompt appeared.

And the decrease by just one signifies at least two conclusions.

Firstly, it’s not just a visual effect; it’s indeed similar to the Transcendent End Power akin to the storm on Whale’s head.

Secondly, it’s certainly not genuine, hence not as destructive, merely possessing some effect.

This further proves to a degree that although Lord Rom may be familiar with this place, it’s not like his own lair, not reaching the level of full control.

Crack—

With the sound of shattering, Fu Qian once again leapt out.

And, as expected, this fourth cut truly fell again at the lookout, forming a second cross.

Then, identically, more crystal traces extended sharply outward.

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This spectacle really somewhat resembles a flower.

Close observation seems to be the only way to fully appreciate the splendor under the murderous intent.

Each piece, each shard—clear, transparent, flawless.

The miraculous order integrating the crystals conveys a sense of no-cost blooming, as if the world ignites as fireworks.

It increasingly feels like the end.

Keenly aware of this power, Lord Rom can maintain such an optimistic spirit—is it due to wisdom, or foolishness?

Taking stock of the nearby blooming crystals, Fu Qian, still untouched, doesn’t care about this small achievement; his concern is still about Lord Rom’s mental health.

As for having left the lookout, why is he still standing beside the Crystal Flower?

It’s not surprising because Fu Qian truly performed some back-and-forth leaps, now positioned near the cross formed by the second and third cuts.

Crack—

Even though he didn’t extend an inviting gesture this time, the clear sound revealed the fifth cut didn’t land here.

At a glance, far from the lookout, another blood trace appeared in the waters of the Inverted Lake.

Despite being an unrelated cut, remarkably it, through strange linkage, caused both crosses to fracture further.

Indeed.

This change couldn’t be clearer; previous speculation about directly uprooting the terrain, leaving no escape for the target, seems correct.

Lord Rom never lost rationality, nor held onto blind hope, nor wished to waste any effort.

Even after the fifth cut descended, if the target remained stationary, the sixth still didn’t strike but formed a cross with the fifth.

Then, with another tremor, the three crosses further expanded.

It’s as if the damage to some key points is causing the supporting forces of the world to lose strength rapidly, on the verge of complete collapse.

Meanwhile, neither the lake nor the Whale reacted at all to this process.

On one hand, it appears Rom certainly isn’t a Fool; on the other hand, Lord Fool indeed isn’t active.

Surely, Lord Rom’s stance is firm; up to this point, he remains silent, expressing the desperation fight intention vividly.

Almost there...

Witnessing this scene, before the seventh cut falls, Fu Qian finally lets out a quiet sigh and removes the mask from his face.

In the next instant, familiar warehouse lighting fills his vision.

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Everyone knows when using an ultimate move, what isn’t feared is opponent countering with an ultimate move, but direct Hearthstone.

Especially Lord Rom’s table-flipping technique is outstanding, but it seems to be an irreversible ultimate move, that can’t be canceled.

Thus, when marveling at this determination, Fu Qian was already considering the mask-removing grand law.

Of course, it doesn’t mean this method will certainly work; remember Hearthstone has been locked more than once.

Even if not locked, compared to communicating with Emperor Yasui, there’s a fatal flaw now—unable to return to the real world to create time difference for evading the ultimate move.

But it doesn’t matter; firstly, the testing is about checking if locked and obtaining more observational conclusions to facilitate overall status judgment.

Secondly, though knowing he can’t return to the real world, Lord Rom may not know that.

And the act of jumping back and forth, even Emperor Yasui can detect, being a veteran himself shouldn’t disappoint.

Therefore, moving back and forth once is enough to evoke this concern, without needing actual Zawarudo.