Although Chen Zhou had assumed a defensive stance, he was still unsure whether he could withstand the attack.

Zeng Yushu's attack this time was clearly the result of a great deal of effort, and it was very likely the most powerful attack he could muster. Chen Zhou might really not be able to withstand it.

Everyone felt the same way Chen Zhou did; their hearts were in their throats. Would Chen Zhou be able to withstand this attack?

They knew the answer would come soon.

In this crisis, Chen Zhou remained remarkably calm. He kept thinking about how he should defend against the attack.

Just then, a system notification sound suddenly appeared.

"Ding! The host has spent 48 hours cultivating at his own expense, and has fully entered the strongest lazy system. It has also been detected that the host has absorbed the Rootless Fire. The Rootless Fire Cultivation Technique, Transformation Fire Technique, is hereby awarded!"

Although Chen Zhou heard the system's voice every moment, he rarely heard this lazy system push such cultivation techniques to him anymore. What surprised Chen Zhou even more was that as soon as the cultivation technique appeared in Chen Zhou's mind, it immediately turned into specks of light and images and entered Chen Zhou's mind.

Chen Zhou actually absorbed the Fire Transformation Technique directly, and now he has already grasped its true core. He can now use the Fire Transformation Technique directly.

To be frank, Chen Zhou's previous mastery of fire techniques was nothing more than child's play. Now, having learned the Fire Transformation Technique, Chen Zhou was immediately filled with confidence in his rootless fire. The next moment, before the black spiral could even pass through his body, Chen Zhou's entire body transformed into flames! It burst into flames out of thin air.

"What is that! The newcomer actually set himself on fire! Did he commit suicide because he saw no hope?" Everyone was extremely shocked. What was wrong with the newcomer? He actually used flames to burn himself.

"You're mistaken! You can't possibly find nothing inside that flame, can you? It's the newcomer who turned himself into flame!" another person suddenly retorted loudly. Only then did everyone realize that there was nothing inside the flame that had appeared out of nowhere where Chen Zhou was; it was simply a human-shaped flame.

Zeng Yushu immediately saw the humanoid flame appear, but he didn't take it seriously. He still thought that Chen Zhou's technique of turning his body into flame was the same as before. After all, Chen Zhou had just turned his chest into flame, but he was still injured by his Great Black Axe.

This is nothing but a facade, Zeng Yushu thought to himself, and his speed increased dramatically.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

The flames that Chen Zhou's body had transformed into continued to burn in place. Strangely, the flames not only did not fall down, but instead remained in human form. The black spiral that Zeng Yushu had transformed into was still approaching Chen Zhou.

The black whirlwind had already come into contact with Chen Zhou's flames, making a "whoosh whoosh" sound. The black spiral continuously stirred the flames that Chen Zhou's body had transformed into, and the flames that Chen Zhou's body had transformed into immediately scattered in all directions. The black spiral pierced through Chen Zhou's flames and finally appeared behind Chen Zhou, where Zeng Yushu stopped.

Zeng Yushu stopped and then realized that his whole body was covered in flames. He had no way to deal with these flames to begin with, and now his body was also covered in them.

Just as Zeng Yushu stopped and prepared to use the black power of his technique to extinguish the fire, he didn't expect the flames to spread so rapidly, now covering his entire body. When Zeng Yushu turned his head to look behind him again, Chen Zhou's body slowly appeared in front of him.

The flames that he had just scattered by his spiraling motion have now gathered together and transformed back into Chen Zhou.

Chen Zhou appeared unharmed in front of Zeng Yushu.

This is the power of the Fire Transformation Technique. Chen Zhou can not only transform his entire body into a pile of flames using the Fire Transformation Technique, but this pile of flames is completely rootless and has no trace of Chen Zhou's body. It is vastly different from Chen Zhou's previous fire deception technique.

Chen Zhou had just used the Fire Transformation Technique to transform his body into flames, waiting for the moment when Zeng Yushu, who had transformed into a black spinning top, broke through the flames on his body, so that all the flames would be absorbed onto Zeng Yushu. Chen Zhou thought that Zeng Yushu was probably in a very bad state right now.

Not only that, Zeng Yushu's cultivation ability is now slowly reaching its end. The black aura around Zeng Yushu dissipated, leaving only Chen Zhou's Rootless Fire. The Rootless Fire was now burning fiercely. Zeng Yushu tightly gripped the giant axe in his hand and slowly fell to the ground.

A burnt smell permeated the entire battle arena, and even those below could smell it.

Chen Zhou stood there quietly, watching the flames burn fiercely, until Zeng Yushu disappeared from his sight.

Chen Zhou defeated Zeng Yushu.

The people below the battle platform suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, there was utter silence.

Everyone knows that Zeng Yushu's wish is to lead the people of the tenth level into the ninth level. He has been planning for this for a long time, which is why the Tenth Level Strong Alliance was formed. Moreover, they have heard that the plan to enter the ninth level will be announced soon, and that will be the time for the tenth level to enter the ninth level in a big way.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, he was defeated by a newcomer.

Furthermore, his body had already been recovered by the Demon City, and the Demon City did not spare any of his belongings, including all his weapons. All Chen Zhou got was a token that had fallen to the ground.

My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!