Chapter 104: Lei Niu is Gone
The moon's surface shattered as Lei Niu was once again viciously hammered deep into the rock layers.
He struggled to rise, blood trickling from his mouth, the magnetic field fluctuations around his body clearly disordered.
Yu's figure approached like a ghost once more, fist wind tearing through vacuum—but in this instant, Lei Niu's pupils suddenly contracted.
He'd noticed it!
Every time... every time that strange etherealization occurred, it only happened when defending or evading.
And the moment he attacked, his body absolutely transformed from ethereal to solid!
"So that's it..." Lei Niu spat out blood foam, grinning savagely. "You can hit me, but I can't touch you? There's no such convenient thing!"
When Yu's next punch swung toward him, Lei Niu neither dodged nor evaded, forcibly taking the heavy blow with his shoulder blade!
The sound of cracking bone was clearly audible, yet he seized this momentary opportunity to clamp down on Yu's arm with his other hand—
"Got you!"
Three hundred thousand horsepower of power exploded forth. His other fist, wrapped in overwhelming killing intent, drove straight toward the opponent's chest!
The instant Yu's arm was clamped, his eyes showed not the slightest ripple.
Lei Niu's violent energy torrent had already surged toward his face. He slightly shifted his form, letting the destructive force brush past his clothing hem toward the void.
The next second, his backhand elbow struck directly into Lei Niu's jaw, breaking free from the restraint.
Before the opponent could react, golden light flashed as Yu appeared behind Lei Niu.
Magnetic field lightning condensed at his fingertips, pressing toward the back of the opponent's neck.
Crackle!
The protective magnetic field shattered in response. Lei Niu's entire body violently shook.
Before he could turn around, Yu's knee strike had already heavily landed on his waist, viciously smashing him toward the lunar surface.
Before dust could rise, Yu's figure approached again.
Five fingers clamped like iron pincers onto Lei Niu's face, fiercely driving it into the ground!
BOOM!!!
His entire head was violently pressed into the lunar rock layer, exploding countless fragments.
His arm pressed down, actually pushing Lei Niu's head forward in a violent charge!
The moon's surface was plowed into a hideous rift valley stretching tens of thousands of meters, rocks shattering, dust boiling.
Lei Niu's body continuously collided and tumbled during the violent dragging, his protective magnetic field emitting sharp shattering sounds.
Sudden stop!
Yu suddenly swung him up and slammed down, then stomped down with one foot—
BANG! BANG BANG BANG!!
Several consecutive stomps, like meteor strikes, each landing shaking earth and collapsing mountains.
Cracks spread wildly, new craters continuously forming under the grinding.
Lei Niu frantically activated magnetic field power. His protective magnetic field continuously condensed then instantly shattered, flesh cycling repeatedly between destruction and regeneration.
He roared trying to counterattack, but each time before gathering half his power, faster attacks brazenly interrupted him.
It wasn't that he didn't want to counterattack—the opponent's speed was too fast, strength also exceeding his own.
Each strike precisely hammered his weakest defensive points, leaving him no room to breathe.
If not for both being at three hundred thousand horsepower realm, plus magnetic field powerhouses being known for defense, he would have been completely crushed long ago—yet even so,
He was merely... taking a one-sided beating.
Lei Niu gritted his teeth, mind racing.
Even three hundred thousand horsepower recovery couldn't withstand such endless devastation!
If this continued... he would surely die.
Despair coiled around him like poisonous vines, yet a fierce light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
Can't die here... absolutely not!
Driven by survival instinct in desperate straits, Lei Niu's eyes suddenly burst with bloodshot veins as he released a roar that shook the lunar surface!
Three hundred thousand horsepower power burned madly at unprecedented intensity, actually managing to hold off Yu's crushing momentum for one instant.
Just this one instant!
He fiercely broke free from restraint, his figure explosively retreating backward, finally escaping from that violent trampling.
Though covered in blood and breathing disordered, he ultimately... carved out a brief respite.
He rapidly repaired his wounds, eyes staring at Yu like a cornered beast.
However, would Yu give him the opportunity?
Golden light flickered slightly as he instantly appeared behind Lei Niu, fist wind tearing through vacuum, once again brazenly hammering down toward the opponent's skull!
CRACK—!
Sharp bone-breaking sounds suddenly exploded.
Under the previous continuous consumption, Lei Niu's aura finally rapidly weakened, his protective magnetic field also clearly dimmed. This strike, he could no longer completely block.
Yu's fist showed no pause, brazenly shattering his skull.
The skull crumbled, brain instantly destroyed by nearly one-third.
Red and white matter splattered out. Lei Niu's body suddenly stiffened, light in his eyes rapidly dissipating.
Magnetic field powerhouses possessed two fatal weaknesses—yet also their strongest defensive cores.
First was the brain, wrapped in dense skull and powerful cerebral magnetic field layers. Second was the heart containing life essence, harder than any alloy.
Only by completely destroying both could one truly sever their recovery power and completely kill them.
At this moment, Lei Niu's brain defense had completely collapsed.
Just one more strike penetrating his heart... and this three hundred thousand horsepower magnetic field powerhouse would face true termination.
"Who are you?"
An icy voice suddenly cut across the battlefield. Otsutsuki Toneri arrived floating in the air, silver hair flying in the void, clearly disturbed by the intense battle between the two.
Yet his shout didn't make Yu pause in the slightest.
That fist still struck out without hesitation—directly penetrating Lei Niu's back and bursting out from his chest!
Intense pain made Lei Niu briefly conscious.
He looked down at that arm protruding from his chest, eyes finally showing despair.
Defeated... completely defeated.
He was about to die in this desolate place, silent and unnoticed like a stray dog.
Yet just yesterday... he'd styled himself a deity, stirring up wind and waves in a nation, enjoying endless wine, power, and women.
Such bliss, such arrogance—
Now only the moon's cold shattered rocks witnessed his final unwillingness.
Lei Niu's eyes suddenly burst with one last trace of crazed ferocity.
He desperately grabbed that arm penetrating his chest, five fingers nearly digging into the opponent's flesh and bone.
"Then... let's die together!!"
He roared, completely detonating his remaining life force, three hundred thousand horsepower magnetic field power, along with all unwillingness and venom! Energy around his body expanded rapidly like a black blazing sun, space twisting and collapsing.
Since he couldn't live—then this mad dog, this moon, everything before him... would all accompany him in death!
Yu's expression was indifferent as he actively severed his own arm gripped by Lei Niu.
Lei Niu's dying counterattack self-detonation was already within his expectations—otherwise, why specifically choose this desolate realm as the battlefield?
In the distance, Otsutsuki Toneri's expression suddenly changed.
He clearly sensed a heart-palpitating destructive energy madly gathering... its magnitude actually sufficient to completely destroy the entire moon!
Wait... destroy the moon?!
Otsutsuki Toneri's pupils suddenly contracted as a terrible thought appeared in his mind: If the moon were physically destroyed, Otsutsuki Kaguya sealed within... might very likely break free and return to the world!
"Stop!!" He could no longer care about composure and roared sharply. "The moon absolutely cannot be destroyed—the seal will break!"
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