"No, the reason you could directly encompass Zhang Yanhang before is probably because he didn't resist."

Gu Mingyue heavily suspects that after she threatened him, he immediately found a related space exemption ability relying on his strong Luck.

"Third time's the charm, let's try one last time. If it doesn't work, I'll really have to give up."

As for persuasion not working and then attacking, Gu Mingyue totally doesn't want to go there. Besides being a friend, she fears she really can't win. Plus, who in their right mind would fight an enemy as massive as a mountain? Is life really that boring?

Gu Mingyue once again preemptively teleported to the location where Zhang Yanhang was about to pass by based on her prediction of the fall trajectory. She took off a golden ring from her arm and threw it out; the ring, originally just arm-thick, enlarged to a thousand meters in diameter in the blink of an eye.

Compared to previous space abilities, Zhou Muxi has finally gotten serious now. After all, her core ability has undoubtedly always been the Awakener Talent [Curse Binding Vajra].

Although Zhang Yanhang's falling speed increases with time, during this 'short-distance' travel it still presents a uniform motion, much thanks to the gravitational pull increasing the falling speed, which wasn't much compared to his initial speed.

Thus, after timing it just right, Gu Mingyue contracted the Curse Binding Golden Ring a few milliseconds earlier, and in the process of gradual contraction, she indeed successfully looped Zhang Yanhang's upper body with it.

Despite being referred to as the upper body, since the torso part is not very prominent in size compared to the four-headed, eight-armed part, the Curse Binding Golden Ring actually looped around the extra arm.

Nonetheless, it did loop onto him, so just as Gu Mingyue joyfully thought she could control Zhang Yanhang through the Curse Binding Golden Ring this time, she found that even though it was looped on, Zhang Yanhang flew away again, and the falling speed didn't change at all— it even subtly became faster.

"Impossible! How can my Curse Binding Golden Ring be of no use at all?"

Gu Mingyue, being a Fifth Tier Awakened, though just promoted, shouldn't be unable to cause any hindrance to Zhang Yanhang, right? Even if it could slow down the speed a bit, she'd be satisfied. But now, the looped result is akin to no loop at all; she completely can't fathom it.

"Curse Binding Golden Ring? Is it a curse-related ability?"

Zhang Yanhang seems to have a compulsory exemption ability from divination and prophecy. Now, it appears that not only is he immune to prophecy and divination, but also possesses compulsory exemption towards curse-type abilities. Moreover, looking at the current situation, he probably can compulsorily exempt from a whole bunch of similar negative abilities too.

Additionally, Zhang Yanhang previously told me that he has an all-weather, 24/7, 360-degree, uninterrupted activated energy shield, which is also a passive ability. No energy consumption exists, yet it provides extremely strong defensive power and even automatically restores."

Zhou Muxi recalled the matter Minister Jiang Wentai mentioned earlier, unable to suppress a gasp at Zhang Yanhang's myriad exemption abilities.

Immune to space-type abilities, also immune to negative abilities, and with his massive body shape along with the respective energy shield, he possesses exceptional resistance to both energy attacks and physical attacks.

Moreover, because the energy shield can absorb all forms of attack, making it deviate from the falling path through attacks is entirely impossible if the energy shield isn't broken.

Simply put, as long as Zhang Yanhang targets a goal and wants to advance, unless the energy shield is broken and he is killed, most methods are completely ineffective against him.

"Gotta say, Lucky Awakened can really do as they please. This batch of compulsory exemption abilities, if other Awakeners tried to gather them, might take a lifetime without succeeding. Yet for him, he probably casually opened a treasure box and obtained thousands causing the current situation."

After a brief analysis of the situation, Zhou Muxi started pondering another matter: she just got promoted to section chief on her first mission, only to face failure. Would she be demoted to a low-level employee again upon returning?

Thinking of this highly probable scenario afterward, Zhou Muxi couldn't help but release a long sigh for her dismal future.

"Language? Divination? He does seem to be immune to related capabilities..."

Gu Mingyue has a profound impression on this as well. Previously, when catching cheating... ah, no, sending him messages but he was texting another woman, she sought out a Fourth Tier Divination System Awakened, but it didn't have any effect at all. Now recalling it, the woman chatting with Zhang Yanhang at that time seems to have been Zhou Muxi?

No, focus point skewed somewhat, the real conclusion should be that Zhang Yanhang had already acquired related compulsory exemption abilities by then.

Yet unexpectedly, besides that, he can even compulsorily exempt the control of Curse Binding Golden Ring, clearly a Fourth Tier but able to exempt Fifth Tier abilities.

But considering he eradicated a Fifth Tier God of Sun, Crotena, while being at Third Tier, Gu Mingyue inexplicably feels a bit relieved again. It's not that our side wasn't diligent, the enemy is just too mighty; it's unavoidable. Will it now be necessary to silently fly in the VIP position to watch the apocalyptic flood?

Wait, she suddenly recalled something strange heard just now aside from compulsory exemption?

"What the hell is the energy shield you're talking about? I've never heard there's such a defying ability!"

Gu Mingyue's eyelids uncontrollably twitched again; no wonder Zhang Yanhang always said he instantly killed bosses unscathed—turns out, he has an energy shield?

And it's an extremely strong defensive type, leading monsters to be ineffective against him, yet he eternally deals true damage to them, a perfect balance of power, no wonder he could forcefully cross tiers and slay bosses since First Tier.

"I don't know either, he told me himself, and even demonstrated once. It's a layer of energy shield covered with faint blue light, enveloping not only the body's externals but also internals, including various organs, ensuring no blind spots whatsoever. Plus, it seems like he can freely maneuver the energy shield to a certain degree.

The first time he told me he had this ability, he was only at the Second Tier, and now he has advanced to the Fourth Tier. This Energy Shield is probably much stronger now.

The day before yesterday, while clearing the Permanent Teleportation Channel with him, I watched as a Fourth Tier Lord Monster, fully buffed and enhanced by field effects, bombarded him for a full minute with its ultimate move, yet the Energy Shield remained unscathed. Instead, he endured the ultimate move and took down the Fourth Tier Lord Monster with just one punch."

Zhou Muxi was as shocked by this as she was now despairing. All negative abilities were completely ineffective, and back when the Energy Shield was Third Tier, it could withstand Fourth Tier attacks. Now, with a Fourth Tier Ability Shield, it could probably withstand Fifth Tier attacks. How can one possibly fight against that?

"Is it really that ridiculous?"

Gu Mingyue used to hear Zhang Yanhang say that he could one-shot a Boss at full health without much feeling, but experiencing it now was somewhat... unparalleled.

"At that time, he had only just advanced to the Third Tier for a few hours, yet he was stronger than the typical peak Third Tier, one-shotting a Fourth Tier Lord Monster..."

Gu Mingyue gradually began to believe that Zhang Yanhang was not lying at all. The speed of his strength growth was truly unattainable for ordinary people. Thinking of it this way, the sudden surge of emotions made her feel that reaching the Peak Fourth Tier was quite normal...

Normal?

For some unclear reason, Gu Mingyue felt that her perception of the world had been distorted to some degree. She began to have trouble understanding what exactly is the definition of "normal" in Chinese?

However, it's possible that this is the real world, and Zhang Yanhang is indeed "normal," while she might have really entered some frustrating channel server, or perhaps got stuck in a buggy version rushed for money without fixes.

"No wonder he managed to defeat the Fifth Tier God of Sun, Crotena while at the peak of the Third Tier. With such a strong Energy Shield, it makes a bit more sense."

Fortunately, Gu Mingyue remembered that Zhang Yanhang once said that even he had to engage in a fierce battle with the God of Sun, Crotena, to narrowly defeat him. If that's the case, Zhang Yanhang's combat capability isn't as outrageous, it's still within her understanding range, probably.

But what Gu Mingyue didn't know was that the "fierce battle" Zhang Yanhang mentioned meant three overhead slams that directly forcefully crushed the God of Sun, Crotena. The total time taken was only a few seconds.

The reason he didn't use "All Four Elements are Void" to instantly kill was just because he found this Divine monster novel and wanted to study it more. Otherwise, he could have one-punched it to death too.

"What did you say just now? He took down a Fifth Tier God of Sun when he was at the Third Tier?"

It's over! Zhou Muxi was even more desperate now. It seems like a demotion is inevitable. She always thought it was outrageous for Zhang Yanhang to one-punch a Fourth Tier Lord Monster, and now he's even taken down a Fifth Tier God of Sun?

Although she wasn't sure about the exact strength of the God of Sun, the fact that it was Fifth Tier and a Divine being meant its strength couldn't possibly be weak.

Moreover, just thinking about this, Zhou Muxi's gaze toward Gu Mingyue began to shift, fearing that Gu Mingyue might act impulsively and try to intercept, only to end up getting herself killed in the attempt.

"What kind of look is that? Don't worry, I haven't thought of dying. There's no way to stop it, so now all we can do is quietly watch the development and pray the destructive power it causes is minimized."

Although she knows Zhang Yanhang definitely won't kill her, with that kind of speed, a simple graze might even break her into pieces, so with a clear sense of self-awareness, Gu Mingyue had no intention of trying anything.

But as Gu Mingyue was considering whether to just give up, the situation changed. Perhaps Zhang Yanhang didn't fancy playing around with such bondage play with a weird golden ring, so he began trying to break free from it.

Gu Mingyue's perception was very sharp. She immediately noticed the change, looked over, and saw that the Curse Binding Golden Ring, which never had a problem when placed on monsters, was now being forcefully widened by Zhang Yanhang's immense strength.

But maybe it's because Zhang Yanhang thought breaking the Golden Ring might negatively impact her, so after the grating sound and constant trembling, as the ring was about to be forced apart, his extra three heads and six arms suddenly vanished for a moment before reappearing. He then seized the opportunity to grab the Curse Binding Golden Ring.

Before Gu Mingyue could react to what happened, Zhang Yanhang's colossal head, far larger than a double eight-lane highway, suddenly opened. In his mouth appeared something like a black hole that merely materialized, causing gravitational distortion around it, swallowing the Curse Binding Golden Ring in his hand in an instant.

"Your Curse Binding Golden Ring seems to have been eaten. Is it really okay?" Zhou Muxi didn't quite understand what happened but knew that the Curse Binding Golden Ring seemed very important to Gu Mingyue.

"It should be... fine, right? Given our history, Zhang Yanhang is generally mindful." Gu Mingyue could feel her connection with the Curse Binding Vajra had disappeared, but it wasn't destroyed.

Actually, even if it were broken, it wouldn't be a big deal, or rather, it might be better if it were. That way, Gu Mingyue can regenerate it using energy, whereas being out of contact like now is the worst.

Fortunately, everyone here was friends. All she needed to do was ask Zhang Yanhang to help retrieve the Curse Binding Golden Ring he swallowed.

"Did you notice what suddenly appeared in Zhang Yanhang's mouth? It looked terrifying."

Gu Mingyue was already imagining Zhang Yanhang's over two-thousand-meter mountain-like form, combined with his four-headed, eight-armed bare-torso gruesome appearance, and the black hole-like thing in his mouth drawing power as if from mythical tales of demons consuming human villages or nations from the ground. It truly cemented his demonic stature.

"I could only deduce that the black hole-like object is probably a space-type ability capable of swallowing things." Given the distance and the brief appearance, Gu Mingyue couldn't make an accurate judgment. Her familiarity with space abilities led her to this conclusion.

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