Forest of Myriad Hands

The Tree Universe. Because time did not exist here, most matter remained in a state of absolute stillness. Only a few materials that inherently possessed temporal energy or temporal rules still drifted and moved in a slow crawl. With a sullen face, Feng Mingge led Yu Xian out of a crimson gate. When he turned around, he saw Yu Xian frozen in place. Yu Xian had neither mastered temporal rules nor possessed time-attribute energy within his body, making it impossible for him to move freely in the Tree Universe. At that moment, Yu Xian still wore a silly grin, his arms swinging naturally, one leg stepped forward and the other raised back, as though fascinated by everything around him. He had ended up like a collectible figurine, completely immobilized. Feng Mingge stared at Yu Xian's goofy, utterly carefree expression and finally let out an exhausted sigh. He could not help wondering if he had misjudged something. Was this guy really that strong? He flicked a drop of crimson energy from his fingertip. The moment it landed on Yu Xian, it acted like a potion lifting petrification, instantly restoring his ability to move. "No wonder it's called the Tree Universe. It doesn't look that different from outer sp—" Before Yu Xian could finish, he caught sight of countless shattered planets, planes, and continents densely clustered to his right. Farther in the distance lay the carcass of a colossal monster so immense that its edges were nowhere in sight. All right, then. This was vastly different from ordinary space. Feng Mingge said impassively, "The Tree Universe inherently contains no energy, which means so-called 'time' does not exist here either. You can move right now only because I granted you ten minutes of temporal energy. Once those ten minutes are up, you will freeze once more." "So I was frozen just now?" Yu Xian realized in delayed shock, looking astonished. He had not felt frozen at all, assuming he had simply walked out behind Feng Mingge as naturally as could be. He had no idea he had been stuck in place for nearly half a minute. Feng Mingge did not answer directly, merely stating, "You have nine minutes left." "Let me think..." Hearing that, Yu Xian closed his eyes and began rummaging through his storage ring. At present, the items kept in his storage ring were all appraised treasures. As for those that had not yet been identified or whose uses remained unclear, some had been given to the Dragon King Golden Toad, while others were stored in the God Vault Space's storage chambers. Moments later, he retrieved a gourd, uncapped it, and chugged down the liquid inside with hearty gulps. "All right, I'm good now." Yu Xian sealed the gourd, stowed it away, and smiled at Feng Mingge. Feng Mingge observed Yu Xian and found that an aura of time-attribute energy truly had appeared around him. What was more, this energy was exceptionally profound, easily sufficient to last through their spar. "Then let's begin. You make the first move!" Feng Mingge nodded. Yu Xian clenched his right fist and grinned. "Here I come, then. Be careful not to get hurt." The next instant, after Feng Mingge nodded once more, Yu Xian threw a punch. Feng Mingge kept his eyes fixed on Yu Xian's fist, yet his right cheek suddenly suffered a heavy blow. His face deformed on impact, his mouth twisting off to the left. Before he could mount any further defense, another strike caught him on the left, followed by his chin, the crown of his skull, his abdomen, his lower back, both kidneys... In the blink of an eye, Feng Mingge lost count of how many punches he had taken. The blows targeting his head, in particular, struck critical junctions every single time, thudding with precise resonance and perfectly interrupting the activation of his abilities, leaving him completely defenseless as a punching bag. "That really is a sturdy head!" Listening to the thumping sounds coming from Feng Mingge's skull, Yu Xian chuckled to himself. However, while his onslaught affected Feng Mingge, it had not actually breached his defenses. As his flurry of strikes drew to a close, Yu Xian formed a hand seal and smiled faintly. "Forest of Myriad Hands!" He had long mastered Mister Hand's legacy through a shortcut. Instead of hunting down all manner of bizarre arms, he had simply severed his own. Under normal circumstances, the arms required by Mister Hand had to carry a soul, and a person had only two arms. Once cut, even if the person possessed the power to regrow them, Mister Hand's legacy would not accept the newly regenerated limbs. Yet by relying on Zhang Buyao's Reset Eye, Yu Xian had discovered he could farm arms infinitely. He would sever his own right arm, assimilate it through Mister Hand's legacy, and then have Zhang Buyao reset him, allowing him to refresh his right arm over and over. Consequently, leveraging Mister Hand's legacy, he had developed an ability with one hundred percent compatibility with himself: Forest of Myriad Hands. In a flash, countless right arms unfurled with Yu Xian at their center. Then, as Yu Xian unleashed a punch, every single arm struck in unison. Feng Mingge's eyes went wide as a flame crest surfaced on his forehead, but he immediately let out a cry of pain as his body was sent flying backward. The punch was terrifyingly powerful. In the direction of Feng Mingge's trajectory, not only was Feng Mingge hurled back, but all surrounding matter was annihilated. Giant meteor-like boulders, remnants of trees far larger than Earth, bizarre circular metal starships, and corpses riddled with small cavities all crumbled to ash under the single blow of Yu Xian's Forest of Myriad Hands. "Unified True Fire!" Wincing from the pain, Feng Mingge barked a low cry and activated his ability mid-flight, instantly unfurling a pair of wings composed purely of white flames behind his back. With a flap of his wings, he halted his backward momentum. Seeing Yu Xian raise his right arm and the dense cluster of fists around him drawing back once more, he barked, "Vermilion Bird Flowing Flame!" The Unified True Fire immediately detonated into the shape of a Vermilion Bird, sending shockwaves through the cosmos and disintegrating all matter. With nowhere to dodge, Yu Xian had no choice but to punch forward. This time, however, his strike was halted by the Unified True Fire. The True Fire swiftly gained the upper hand, surging toward Yu Xian with unstoppable force. The Unified True Fire was formed by merging hundreds of billions of flames, including Phoenix Fire, Vermilion Bird Fire, True King Fire, Four Saints Fire, Myriad Illumination Fire, Mortal Dust Fire, Dragon Heart Flame, and countless others. It possessed neither weakness nor flaw; only a greater power could ever hope to break it. The problem was that Feng Mingge was himself a Mighty One. Channeling the Unified True Fire with the power and realm of a Mighty One, there were exceedingly few forces capable of surpassing it in nature, quality, or status. The world-engulfing flames swallowed Yu Xian in an instant. The very next second, a dragon's roar echoed from within the fire. Innumerable dragon scales swirled around Yu Xian, spinning faster and faster until a phantom of a colossal dragon parted its jaws toward Feng Mingge and unleashed a terrifying beam of energy straight at him. Feng Mingge's attack had triggered the Dragon Soul Counter of the Dragon Shield—and at its maximum multiplier: a tenfold counterattack. Confronted by this strike, Feng Mingge's pupils contracted slightly, and he snapped his fiery wings around himself in defense. In the span of a breath, the terrifying energy beam slammed into him, and this time, he was genuinely injured. Pfft! A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from his lips. Like a shooting star, Feng Mingge was blasted backward, crashing through and detonating countless materials and worlds along his path.