Invincibility Begins with Mastery of Fist Techniques

Chapter 491: Chapter 484: Capture

A hazy valley shrouded in gray mist, a mountain piled high with grotesque skulls, and through the gaps between them, the faint, eerie glow of red light and dark shadows.

This place seemed to have completely detached from reality, becoming a living Nightmare.

"A pleasure to finally meet you. I am Hui Ming, the Nightmare of the Heart Demon, one of the Seven Mo Luo."

Hui Ming’s figure slowly emerged from the valley. He was impeccably dressed in a suit, calm and composed.

’He’s here? Is that his real body?’

Zhang Dongwei fought back the discomfort wracking his body and slowly forced himself to stand straight.

He would not bow before his enemy.

"Welcome to the world of the Nightmare. Here, you will be reborn."

Hui Ming said to Zhang Dongwei with a smile.

BOOM!!

The next moment, Zhang Dongwei shot forward, charging straight at Hui Ming with incredible speed.

ROAR!!

A massive Turtle and Snake Form instantly materialized behind him, letting out a furious roar.

Star-like Acupoints lit up one after another as Qi Veins interlinked, their crisscrossing paths of light forming a complex and profound pattern.

His huge palm struck out in an instant, unleashing a torrent of power from his body mixed with his Qi Meridian Circulation.

Earthquake Talisman, Mirror Flower Water Moon!!

BOOM!!

The air for dozens of meters around him cracked like a mirror. Like a reflection in disturbed water, it was instantly shattered by the immense force.

Flesh, skulls, the mountain, the very earth...

Everything within reach of Zhang Dongwei’s Palm Force was pulverized.

He clearly saw Hui Ming’s body crack under his attack, crushed into a mist of blood by the powerful shockwave, and blending into the debris of the shattered landscape.

"It’s useless."

But in the next moment, Hui Ming’s voice rang out from behind Zhang Dongwei.

Zhang Dongwei whipped his head around. The sharply dressed Hui Ming stood there, completely unharmed.

"Kill me as many times as you like. It doesn’t matter."

"If it helps you recognize reality... helps you see your true self."

"And helps you... be reborn."

At the same time, countless identical voices echoed from all sides. In the blink of an eye, innumerable copies of Hui Ming appeared, surrounding him.

It was impossible to tell which, if any, was real.

The same was true for the suddenly bizarre environment around them.

Zhang Dongwei’s expression grew grim. He had considered countless possibilities before the battle, but he had never anticipated this. His opponent’s abilities were bizarre and unpredictable, suppressing him completely. He had been forced into this dire situation without his enemy even revealing his true body.

SNAP!!

Suddenly, Zhang Dongwei felt his legs go stiff. Several arms had shot up from the ground, gripping them tightly.

He looked down to see several suit-clad bodies of Hui Ming emerging from the ground, grabbing him like soul-reapers from Hell.

"Come. Let me take you to a deeper level, to meet a deeper version of yourself."

Innumerable Hui Mings suddenly surged from the surroundings. Countless arms grabbed onto him, pulling in unison, dragging him down into the earth.

He struggled, flaring his own magnetic field, but it was no match for his opponent’s power.

Here, his opponent was like "the rules" and "the Sovereign" itself—impossible to resist.

As countless arms dragged him down, his body sank into the ground. He could feel a boundless, viscous darkness waiting below.

He didn’t know what would happen if he was finally submerged in that darkness, but he had a feeling it would not be pleasant.

...

...

「Meanwhile, in the real world.」

The Scorching Sun hung high in the sky. The mountain and its surroundings were completely normal.

"So, the suppression and capture are now complete."

"All I have to do is drag him into the depths of the Nightmare, completely dissolve his will, and let the ’other’ self he’s been suppressing surface. Then, the mission will be complete."

"At that point, the new personality—born from the influence of the Ancestor’s Blood—will stand with us unconditionally. It will use this body’s immense physical and spiritual power to naturally break through that boundary."

"A single King Level will have a decisive impact on the entire situation and our plans for the Black Continent."

A sharply dressed figure emerged from a hidden spot in the distance and gazed toward the other side of the valley.

This person was none other than Hui Ming, the Nightmare of the Heart Demon.

In the direction he was gazing, Zhang Dongwei’s tall figure stood frozen, head bowed, looking dazed.

The moment Hui Ming’s words and abilities shattered his mental defenses, his Spirit and will had been dragged deep into the "Nightmare" created by Hui Ming’s magnetic field and will.

This was one of Hui Ming’s core abilities: "Heart Nightmare."

This ability was similar to how Anna of the Hunting Mark Organization could see into people’s hearts, only his was far superior.

He was like a demon who could perceive the hearts of men. As soon as he found an opening, he could exploit it, using "Heart Nightmare" to drag his target into a nightmare of their own making.

There, he was a Sovereign.

And for someone like Zhang Dongwei, the flaw in his heart—created a thousand years ago when he was tempted and corrupted by Doctor Nightmare—was glaringly obvious.

As a direct descendant of Doctor Nightmare, Hui Ming had inherited the lineage’s core ability. Furthermore, his Bloodline’s magnetic field exerted an invisible pressure on Zhang Dongwei. Exploiting this pre-existing flaw to break through his opponent’s mental defenses and pull him into the "Heart Nightmare" was child’s play for him.

This was a hunt he absolutely could not lose.

SWOOSH!

With a light tap of his foot, Hui Ming leaped from the top of the cliff, dozens of meters high. He then landed and walked slowly toward Zhang Dongwei.

"The Ancestor Lord left you with such a massive mental flaw... capturing you couldn’t be easier. Who gave you the audacity to walk right into my hands?"

A smile touched Hui Ming’s lips as he drew closer to Zhang Dongwei.

"But everything I said earlier was true, you know."

"You truly are feeling joy, are you not?"

"It’s a pity you can’t face reality. If you had accepted and embraced that other self, you might have had the chance to feel the wonder of life forever."

"This talk of morality and righteousness is absurd. Did you really not know? The moment you took the Elixir of Immortality, you lost all right to speak of such things."

"You’ve lost your last chance. And to think the Ancestor Lord once held you in such high regard. In the end, humans are naive creatures, incapable of seeing their true selves."

By now, Hui Ming had walked right up to Zhang Dongwei. He reached out and placed a hand on his forehead.

A dense gray mist billowed from his body.

"To have held on this long in such a dire situation is quite remarkable. Even I have to marvel at your willpower."

"A pity that, starting today, that willpower will be completely erased."

"And now, I will complete the final step."