I fully wield the power of the Doomsday Divine Seal, transforming into a dense giant fireball and moving at high speed. The force of this blow is enough to shatter a real planet, yet I use it to attack the small humanoid target, Liu Shuying.

As the master of the Current World Divine Seal, Liu Shuying displayed a power that surpassed mine. Gray mist surged out from the Current World Divine Seal, transforming into an eggshell-shaped shield that enveloped Liu Shuying entirely, firmly blocking my fiery impact.

The reason the power of the Doomsday Divine Seal perfectly countered his strike last time was that he did not focus on increasing the density of his power. If he were serious, my shield might not have been flawless; yet this time, my attack was specifically densified, and it still seemed helpless against the shield formed by the Current World Divine Seal.

It's not because I'm wielding a power far beyond my own, making it hard to wield adeptly. In this regard, the Doomsday Divine Seal and Zhu Shi's Yama Sword are quite similar. The latter also has power far surpassing the user, but can still normally exhibit the density appropriate for Great Impermanence, because the latter inherently has the function of enhancing its power density in response to the user's will.

If the Yama Sword can achieve it, naturally there's no reason why the Doomsday Divine Seal cannot, especially now with Little Bowl as the "operating system" of the Doomsday Divine Seal.

"Unfair to me? Such nonsense. Although I don't mind you relying on superior conditions compared to mine, do you really have such a thing? Right now, you can't even break my defense," Liu Shuying said calmly, "The reason is simple: your capability as a user is inferior to mine.

"Although the power of the Divine Seal does not belong to Shan Liangyi's 'Open Door' system, the higher the power, the more it converges onto the same path, so many principles become interchangeable at very high stages.

"Real combat is, in most cases, not as simple as arm wrestling; otherwise, there would be no need for combat, and everyone could analyze the outcome by comparing weightlifting. Time, place, harmony, knowledge and experience, tactics and techniques... so many variables can affect the outcome of a battle.

"However, the higher the power level in battle, the fewer variables can intervene. In battles capable of destroying planets, there's no room for intervention by time or place; with power that can distort and surpass mathematical rules, knowledge and experience become useless. Techniques are outright replaced by abilities that can directly turn ideas into reality, making numbers and tactics meaningless.

"Now, the only variable determining our victory or defeat is the pure 'power'.

"Indeed, our inherent power is insignificant compared to the power of the Divine Seals, but in the current situation, even a millimeter difference in power between us can be the decisive factor tipping the scales of victory.

"I won't underestimate your proposition, because until now, you have already created so many miracles. So please tell me... under these circumstances, what variable could lead you to a conclusion opposite to mine?"

As he spoke, he seemed to want to switch from defense to offense, but I didn't give him the opportunity, further intensifying my power under the condition of already exerting full strength.

Cracks suddenly burst onto the shield formed by the gray mist. Liu Shuying was stunned for a moment, then said, "…You've replicated Old Fist God's special ability? But this ability shouldn't be usable on oneself..."

After Old Fist God died, the enhancement status on me had been lifted, causing me to fall back to my normal power level from being on par with Old Fist God.

Yet I can replicate any power I once possessed. Especially Old Fist God's ability, which was initially intended to enhance enemies, being such a flawed superpower as a battle capability, doesn't involve True Spirit Power, so I have even more reason to replicate it without issue.

Though Old Fist God and I are not the same kind of people and our soul essence is also not entirely similar, compared to Mazao, my soul essence aligns more closely with Old Fist God's. Both "adventurer" and "battle maniac" share some overlaps and there's no significant conflict in essence. I can even recreate the Power of Return, so this ability is naturally no problem, and it doesn't even have the time limit caused by soul essence conflict when using Power of Return; it can be replicated for as long as desired.

The ability itself, as Liu Shuying mentioned, cannot be used to enhance oneself. However, since I could replicate the ability itself, the "impact of the ability" certainly falls within the replication scope. Moreover, I have the firsthand experience of being under its influence.

The current "temporarily enhanced state" can also be viewed as a "perpetual state", an element that can be counted as part of one's usual combat strength.

And just as I had anticipated, Liu Shuying is not particularly knowledgeable about "Manifestation".

As a visitor from an otherworld, Shan Liangyi's "Reincarnation" was a concept of the Legendary Realm verified before he came to this world, and his obsession with "Manifestation" likely existed before his arrival. So it's probably similar to "Open Door", the "Legendary Realm" is also a concept beyond this worldview.

Or to put it more precisely, even if the Legendary Realm is an indigenously conceived concept, it's probably not an exclusive local product. I can sense an universality far beyond "Open Door" in it. Perhaps the mana generated under this worldview would undergo mutations or weakening when entering a different worldview, or be unusable as in entering the Void Realm, but the Legendary Realm is very likely a universally applicable concept across all worldviews, at least equating in value with pushing open the Third Door.

Since it's not a concept created by Liu Shuying himself, he's naturally not familiar with it. Plus, unlike those Great Impermanence beings who've lived for eons, he only has a debut history of five years. Even knowing some knowledge related to Manifestation, he can't make perfect predictions in the details.

"Now, our powers are equal," I said.

Yet Liu Shuying maintained his composed demeanor and said in an appreciative tone, "Even in such desperate circumstances, you refuse to concede and even display the possibility of overcoming difficulties... Zhuang Cheng, although Tai Sui considers you very similar to me, seemingly treating you as my substitute, I must say I now feel proud to be similar to you.

"However, don't get carried away. No matter how similar, you are destined never to surpass me, the rightful owner. I will prove to you that the one who can win in the end is me."

In the end, the strength he was outputting inexplicably increased, and the shield turned into a shockwave, flinging me away.

"Has Liu Shuying grown stronger?" Little Bowl said with utmost seriousness, "He should have been going all out before, and the Current World Divine Seal was operating at full power... could it be because he is truly the Master of Divine Seal and can exert a stronger Divine Seal Power? No, could it be that..."

Liu Shuying charged towards us at high speed, seemingly hearing Little Bowl's voice in my mind, picking up the conversation, "—that's exactly that 'could it be'."

He attacked me like a comet dragging a tail of gray mist, and I once again transformed into a great Fireball to counter him. In a moment, we collided thousands of times, each blow having the power to shatter celestial bodies. Even in the vast vacuum of the cosmos, countless destructive ripples spread in all directions. The surrounding space filled with scattered large and small meteorites turned to dust.

"Although I initially said this was a fair and just duel, after being reminded by you, I seriously thought about what advantage you could still take out, but instead of finding half, I discovered an advantage on my side." Liu Shuying said, "It's not that I can better exert the power of the Current World Divine Seal... I can do about the same as you, so there is no need to worry.

"But... the upper limit of growth in our souls is completely different.

"Zhuang Cheng, you've already grown to your limit, right? It's not that you can never get stronger, but you must take a long time to slowly grind. But I am different, my growth limit is actually not dependent on the upper limit of my soul structure."

"I know," I said, "When you wished upon the Complete Divine Seal, you gained an incredibly powerful Magic Talent; and in the New World you created with your wishes, the more similar someone is to you, the more they can gain a strong Magic Talent in this worldview. Conversely, they might show Magic Talent symptoms of zero, or even negative, like Tai Sui...

"Judging from these two points, your growth limit should be the limit of this worldview.

"Someone like you in the past, when debuting, had the Great Impermanence Level potential, able to liberate your latent potential step by step under the stimulation of life and death. And you are certainly the same, the more threats I present to you, the more you can liberate more power.

"And now, you have entered a new liberation phase."

Liu Shuying smiled, "Basically correct, but there's one point I want to correct. My potential power is far stronger than you were in the past, so it cannot be directly stored in my body, but is stored in every corner of this world.

"The more similar someone is to me, the more they can achieve near wish-fulfilling destiny in this worldview. What enables this phenomenon is my omnipresent potential. Zhuang Cheng, in the past, you should have received such support too.

"Although I'm a bit sorry for you, I won't give up this advantage. Just like you didn't refuse the Old Fist God's enhancement, I can also use everything at my disposal for victory."

After saying this, his power strengthened again, attacking me once more, while I prepared to counter.

Attack and attack clashed with each other, then an abnormal scene occurred.

Liu Shuying, who should have been stronger, was actually knocked back by me to a distance.

This distance, in normal perception, is quite far, but to us it's just a step away; and if it happened in a normal battle with many variables, it wouldn't be surprising for the weaker to push back the stronger by a step.

However, in a battle at our level, strength and weakness are almost absolute. Even if weaker by just one or two degrees, the weak should not be able to push back the strong. Not even by a single step.

This matter was so incredible that it left Liu Shuying in a state of astonishment, not immediately continuing with a counterattack.

"...What did you do?" he asked in bewilderment.

This is not the reaction someone like him would typically have when faced with "unbelievable events." He should originally be more excited, more thrilled.

I thought, perhaps he had subconsciously noticed the truth.

And through this conflict, I finally confirmed the guess in my mind. The outcome of this battle was actually decided before it even began.

"It's over, Liu Shuying," I told him. "This battle, you have lost."

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