Chapter 171: Black Water + World Map of Heaven and Earth
Everyone considered Zhou Yi to be nothing more than an ant, but Zhou Yi himself never thought so!
The river slowly pressing down upon him possessed astonishing might. Within his consciousness, it truly carried the majesty of heaven and earth. Facing the river head-on felt precisely like facing the entire cosmos!
"Yet... who decreed that this sky could not be shattered?"
Faced with such a desperate predicament, Zhou Yi not only felt no panic, but instead smiled faintly. His right hand abruptly lifted, and the dark water at his fingertips was cast into the air with his movement.
Boom!
His figure paused. The Heavy Mountain Incantation circulated within his body, and a colossal mountain-shaped barrier suddenly materialized around him, enveloping his form. A heavy, profound aura instantly permeated the surroundings.
His left hand rose, holding up before his chest, while his right hand guided and his fingers danced in distant resonance with the surrounding mountain barrier. Mystical patterns materialized from the void upon the mountain shape.
Liu Dan narrowed his eyes, and the movements of his hands suddenly accelerated. The previously sluggish river instantly surged in speed, transforming into lightning that vanished from its spot, only to reappear directly in front of Zhou Yi, slamming straight into him!
Zhou Yi's expression tightened slightly. His right hand shifted rapidly as if seized by cramps, and the patterns upon the great mountain emerged in swift succession. His left hand grasped into the void, its palm acting like a black hole that sucked in the patterns appearing on the mountain barrier. Then, with a flick of his wrist, a painting imbued with the profound principles of heaven and earth flew out from his palm.
Quick as lightning, his left hand swiftly struck the dark water suspended in the air, and the Map of Heaven and Earth merged into the droplet of water as a streak of flowing light.
In an instant, intricate patterns immediately surfaced across the previously smooth and calm plane of the dark water.
Boom!
Just as the very first Map of Heaven and Earth was successfully etched into the dark water, the river domain controlled by Liu Dan had already arrived before him. Without losing an ounce of speed, it crashed directly into Zhou Yi!
Swish!
Zhou Yi's figure spun sharply. While his right hand continued its relentless motions and his left palm kept churning like a black hole, the patterns upon his surrounding mountain barrier still emerged. Instead of retreating, he advanced, charging straight toward the colliding river domain!
Just as the two forces were about to impact, a thought flickered in Zhou Yi's mind, and the dark water suspended in the air instantly transformed into a stream of light, falling atop his head. Radiance flashed, showering down a curtain of light that forged a secondary defense outside the mountain barrier!
Bang!
The river domain collided with Zhou Yi. A colossal, overwhelming force carrying wave-like surges of momentum instantly shattered the defensive light barrier formed by the dark water and penetrated into his body.
Swish!
Devoid of any resistance, the instant this force struck, Zhou Yi's body was sent flying backward while spinning uncontrollably.
Along the trajectory, due to the wave-like forces churning inside his body, his form spun three hundred and sixty degrees helplessly.
Had it been anyone else, suffering such a blow would have meant immediate death and the scattering of their soul. Even if they somehow survived, such a violent, spinning impact would have left their mind dizzy and disoriented.
However, Zhou Yi was different. Thanks to the enhancement of his stats, his spiritual fortitude was immense, allowing him to maintain a thread of absolute clarity in his mind despite the intense, violent rotation!
It was precisely this thread of clarity that allowed him to continue executing the movements around his body even as he was sent flying through the air.
The collision of the river domain had merely shattered the light curtain formed by the dark water and knocked Zhou Yi backward; it had failed to destroy the mountain barrier. Within his body, however, the wave-like momentum made it impossible for him to stop spinning, and the continuous presence of these forces was steadily damaging his physique!
It was not that Zhou Yi could not halt all of this; rather, he simply no longer had the mental bandwidth to spare.
The absolute immunity force field he had formed after mastering the Heavy Mountain technique had managed to dampen a portion of the force under this immense impact. It was precisely because of this force field that once the energy entered his body, it retained only destructive properties without carrying any other malicious attributes!
Although his internal physique was continuously being battered, it was merely damage without causing any irreparable injuries. Therefore, Zhou Yi simply ignored it!
Under the control of his willpower, the patterns within the external mountain barrier continuously manifested, then flew into the palm of his left hand, rapidly coalescing into individual Maps of Heaven and Earth.
One map!
Two maps!
Three maps!
Four maps!
...
Ten maps!
...
Fifteen maps!
Just as fifteen Maps of Heaven and Earth floated suspended before his chest...