Planet Pulverizer: A Mortal's Ascent-Chapter 435: Disintegration

Looking at Long Xiang, Li Pin couldn't help but be reminded of his youthful days, when he had competed against the elite of Jiang Province in the Jiang Province Martial Competition.

"Things are different now," Li Pin muttered. "At least, these people have learned the meaning of respect."

Their true thoughts aside, they at least knew to show respect outwardly.

Li Pin calmly extended his hand, gesturing. "Come."

Long Xiang nodded slightly.

His gaze turned icy as he lowered his head. "Sorry to offend you."

In the next instant, he lunged forward abruptly. The Dragon Flame Blade in his hand surged in sharpness, extending from several meters to tens of meters. It transformed into a fiery ribbon, slashing toward Li Pin.

Wherever the blade pointed, temperatures soared to terrifying millions of degrees, releasing Dragon Flames that triggered explosions upon contact with the ground. Even though the Dragon Flame Blade tried to contain the searing heat, the energy fluctuations caused visible distortions in the surrounding space.

Swoosh!

Swordlight streaked through the terrifying heat.

Li Pin seemed to turn into a phantom image, passing through the Dragon Flame Blade.

Upon closer inspection, it was evident he had effortlessly twisted his body, evading the terrifyingly hot blade.

However, the Dragon Flame Blade was not a weapon but an Astral Technique.

The nature of Astral Techniques lay in their endless variations.

As the blade missed, it seemed to come alive. Its edge extended, transforming into a blazing dragon that twisted in a C shape, lunging fiercely at Li Pin.

Buzz!

The intense heat scorched the void, nearly creating a vacuum in the area, leaving a visible trail in the sky wherever the flame dragon passed.

It was as if the sky had been torn apart by the dragon.

However, faced with the dragon blade's escalating assault, Li Pin's expression remained unchanged. He simply dodged, making minute adjustments in a small radius.

No matter how the blade transformed, it could not touch him.

"Too slow," Li Pin uttered calmly.

Before he pioneered the Martial God path, Li Pin had already developed a technique to accelerate his thinking by enhancing neuron electronic signals, effectively slowing his opponent's attacks. This was known as the Zhulong of Time.

After forming his Natal Celestial Magnetic Field and refining it over the past year through continuous research, his neural reaction speed had tripled.

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Yes! Building on his already heightened sensory and reaction capabilities, he used his Natal Planet to create an electromagnetic superconductor, accelerating neural signal transmission and further enhancing his reflexes!

To an ordinary observer, Long Xiang's attack might have seemed unimaginably fast. However, in Li Pin's eyes... each attack's trajectory was crystal clear.

Li Pin remarked, "You guys may be improving, but I am not remaining stagnant either."

In the next moment, the blade of the Dragon Flame was clearly cutting toward him.

This time, Li Pin did not dodge.

"If all you've added beyond Solar Radiance's techniques is this melee Astral Technique before rushing to test me like this, then you've truly disappointed me."

The Dragon Flame Blade landed on Li Pin, but it seemed to strike on an invisible shield.

Buzz!

Ripples of energy spread out, causing the internal structure of the Dragon Flame Blade to suddenly collapse. The millions of degrees of heat exploded outward like a nuclear detonation in the void. Endless flames mixed with intense heat erupted, and the blinding flash nearly overshadowed the sun in the sky.

Long Xiang was horrified. "This is bad!"

The backlash from the collapse of the Dragon Flame Blade emitted intense heat, shaking his Atomic Force Field to its limits as he tried to resist.

Yet as the ripples swept over, his Atomic Force Field also disintegrated. The terrifying heat, capable of reducing anything to nothingness, engulfed him. Left with no choice, Long Xiang took on his starlight form and fled frantically into the distance.

"I have yet to fully enter the atomic domain, but through constant research, I've realized it's possible to weaken the interaction between electrons and atomic nuclei, destabilizing atoms and directly disrupting the structure of matter and energy."

Li Pin said, "Two months ago, I began to refine this move. I call it the Atomic Disintegration Technique."

Electromagnetic power surged around Li Pin. "Your timing is impeccable. Next, I will test whether I can disintegrate your astral structure."

Crackle!

Electric sparks burst forth.

Propelled by electromagnetic power, Li Pin instantly charged toward Long Xiang's starlight form. As Long Xiang's body began to recondense, Li Pin brought his hands together in a grasping motion.

An invisible ripple swept over Long Xiang's body.

His body, on the verge of merging, momentarily stalled. The pause lasted only a moment before he fully reformed.

However, as Long Xiang fully formed, a look of horror flashed through his eyes. "What did you just do!?"

In that brief moment, Long Xiang felt as if he had lost all sense of his life imprint.

No—not just his life imprint! It was as if his consciousness, body, astral energy, and atoms had become detached. It was like a lucid nightmare or a reflection existing apart from the world.

He could perceive everything around him, yet he could touch nothing.

"The Atomic Force Field can disintegrate, but the Starlight Body... cannot?" Li Pin frowned, looking deep in thought. He ignored Long Xiang completely. "Is it because I have yet to truly grasp the atomic domain? Did I merely exploit the inherent properties of electromagnetic and atomic forces? Or is ... the essence of astral energy fundamentally superior to the atomic domain?"

He raised his head and gazed at Long Xiang.

"Work with me again," Li Pin said.

With that, he shaped his fingers into a sword. Dozens of sword auras swiftly condensed, bursting with electric light. They shot forward like projectiles launched from an electromagnetic cannon.

These projectiles, purely energy-based, faced no structural or load-bearing limitations. They cut through the air with speeds far beyond conventional electromagnetic cannon rounds.

"Li Pin!" boomed Long Xiang, letting out a low growl,

He immediately waved his hand, activating the Atomic Force Field.

However, Li Pin followed up with a mid-air grasp.

A ripple spread outward, and the electrons in the atomic nuclei instantly vanished. Long Xiang's Atomic Force Field collapsed on the spot, losing its shield. Under the assault of dozens of sword auras, Long Xiang shattered like porcelain struck by bullets.

Li Pin activated his Natal Planet again, unleashing its electromagnetic power to repeatedly sweep over Long Xiang's Starlight Body.

Yet even so, it ultimately failed to prevent Long Xiang from reconstructing his body.

As Long Xiang reformed once more, he shouted in terror, "Li Pin!"

It didn't take long for him to realize that Li Pin was trying to fundamentally find a way to break their Starlight Bodies, aiming to kill them completely!

"Is it still not enough?" Li Pin mused. "I can only trap you and wear you down bit by bit, by the looks of it."

It was truly difficult! It was too difficult to kill an Astral Cultivator with a Starlight Body in one strike.

In the Yin Luo Galaxy, all Astral Cultivators are extraordinarily privileged. I wonder if it's the same beyond this galaxy... Li Pin thought.

After thinking about it, Li Pin came to the conclusion that that was probably not the case.

According to the Divine Dragon Empire's records, every unit of astral energy had to be painstakingly condensed in the Astral Palace. It wasn't like how things were now, where one only needed to meditate on the Astral God to effortlessly bask in starlight and gain access to endless astral energy.

Even those Heavenly Realm Astral Cultivators with Starlight Bodies would likely meet their end after dying three to five times at most, exhausting their astral energy.

If they had already been through an intense battle and their astral energy was low, it might be possible to kill them in one strike.

By this point, Long Xiang had lost the courage to continue fighting Li Pin. They were improving, but Li Pin was also improving. He was even improving at a pace no slower than theirs.

For a moment, he suppressed his inner terror and forced a smile. "Your divine skills are unparalleled, Master Li. I humbly admit defeat."

Li Pin returned his focus, glancing at Long Xiang with an unchanged expression. "Before you came, you must have prepared to face punishment from the Solar Radiance Sovereign or even die in battle. Why are you stopping now?"

Long Xiang did not respond immediately.

When he arrived, he indeed had the thought of forcing Li Pin to his limit, even at the cost of his own life. However, dying in battle was one thing. Throwing away his life was another.

The strength Li Pin displayed far surpassed that of any Heavenly Realm Astral Cultivators.

The Heavenly Realm Astral Techniques they were so proud of had been dismantled by his newly developed Atomic Disintegration Technique. With the advantages of the Heavenly Realm Astral Techniques wiped, both sides were once again placed on equal footing.

They were back to square one, where Li Pin could take on two supreme-level demonic creatures while he, Long Xiang, was only the most ordinary Legend.

However, Long Xiang believed it wouldn't take long before they found a way to counter Li Pin's Atomic Disintegration Technique. Thus, there was no need for sacrifices now.

"I won't kill you," said Li Pin. "I want to know, aside from your own will, who persuaded you to test me."

"This was my own idea," Long Xiang immediately replied.

Li Pin replied, "If it's truly your idea... you represent the Solar Radiance Sovereign. Your thoughts are his thoughts. It seems he truly wishes to eliminate me as a major threat. In that case, my retaliation would be perfectly justified, wouldn't it?"

Long Xiang's expression changed drastically.

Before fighting Li Pin, he naturally wouldn't have feared such statements. However, if Li Pin attacked now, before Solar Radiance developed an astral technique to counter Atomic Disintegration... the outcome could be disastrous.

"No!" Long Xiang denied quickly. "This matter has nothing to do with my master."

Li Pin pressed, "Then who was it?"

"It was...."

Long Xiang struggled briefly but ultimately decided not to direct the danger toward his master. Gritting his teeth, he revealed, "It was Ji Xuanyuan."