Die, Replay, Repeat

Chapter 332 - Battle with Lu Ziming

SPLASH, SPLASH...

The dark, cold waters of the lake surged from all directions. They were filled with countless pale corpses, all rushing toward Lu Ziming.

"What! The Corpse Lake?" Lu Ziming's face instantly changed.

He wasn't afraid when facing a few fourth-tier Domains, but the appearance of the Corpse Lake made him panic.

The fourth tier was still just the fourth tier, but the Corpse Lake was something beyond that.

Even though he was a fifth-tier powerhouse, falling into the Corpse Lake could still mean death.

Instinctively, he tried to dodge, but the Corpse Lake's range was too vast. It quickly surrounded him, leaving no escape.

Lu Ziming desperately activated his Mindflare, fighting back against the invasion of the Corpse Lake.

When the two forces clashed, he froze for a moment, then sighed in relief. He realized the water wasn't the actual Corpse Lake, but only a projection.

If it had been the real Corpse Lake, his Spiritual Energy would have been suppressed.

Still, the situation wasn't ideal. Even though the water wasn't the true Corpse Lake, it carried a similar suppressive force, though weaker.

As the lake water advanced, the Mindflare around Lu Ziming dimmed considerably.

This made him uneasy. He hadn't expected that Fang Xiu, a mere third-tier, could summon such high-level power.

Both were forms of suppression, but if it had been Xiao Zhenhua's All Equal, it would have been useless against the Mindflare's defense.

However, the Corpse Lake was of a very high rank. Even with its weakened power, it still had an effect on the Mindflare.

Taking advantage of Lu Ziming's suppression, the others' attacks immediately overwhelmed him.

Yet, no matter how intense the Domain powers were, they couldn't break through his Mindflare, let alone harm him.@@@@

The sight reminded them of Joker.

Back then, when facing Joker, they had felt just as powerless, unable to break his Mindflare even with everything they had.

The fifth-tier truly marked a qualitative difference from the fourth tier.

It was as if the fifth-tier was naturally invincible—no matter how unique your powers were, you couldn't break the defense unless you used even higher-tier forces.

Still, the others weren't afraid. They had faced fifth-tier powerhouses before.

The air in the arena suddenly shattered, and a shockwave rippled outward.

He advanced step by step, his presence as heavy as a mountain, with a suffocating energy that seemed to press down on everything around him.

The others' faces grew serious, but their fighting spirit surged.

"Kill!" At the sound of the thunderous command, both sides launched their attacks simultaneously.

Several violent Domain forces swept through the air.

Lu Ziming swung his sword. The blade moved like a dragon swimming through the sky.

The Mindflare on his sword remained dormant, but the air around him was filled with sharp, chilling sword energy.

SWISH!

With a single slash, the Mindflare on his sword transformed into a wave of biting sword energy that swept across the entire battlefield.

A crescent-shaped, dazzling sword energy shot into the sky.

Luo Qingxin and the others' Domains were instantly shattered.

The remaining sword energy continued forward, undiminished, charging directly toward the group.

Everyone's expressions shifted in shock.

They hadn't expected Lu Ziming to be even stronger than Joker had been.

Lu Ziming had broken through to the fifth tier in the Land Between long ago. Moreover, he had fought relentlessly within it, giving him far superior battle experience and foundation compared to Joker.

At that critical moment, a golden light suddenly appeared—it was Yang Ming.

Yang Ming appeared before the sword energy in an instant, his short dagger raised high. Endless golden light gathered around it, and the dagger erupted with dazzling brilliance.

Just as the sword energy was about to strike, Yang Ming swung his dagger to meet it. The impact was as powerful as a heavy hammer smashing into the violent sword energy.

The sound of the clash reverberated like a giant bell, and the furious sword energy exploded in all directions, scattering into fine gusts of air.

To everyone's astonishment, Lu Ziming's sword energy was actually shattered piece by piece under Yang Ming's strike.

"What!? How is this possible? He's just a mere fourth-tier!" Lu Ziming's face was full of disbelief. He had never imagined that a fourth-tier weakling could block his most serious strike.

What was even more shocking was that it seemed the opponent hadn't even activated his Domain.

What Lu Ziming didn't know was that Yang Ming had condensed his Domain power into himself. He sacrificed large-scale destructive abilities in favor of high-intensity single-target attacks. It was akin to a low-tier version of Mindflare.