Han Sen wasn't unfamiliar with the valley. The silkworm fights had taken place there.
Now that he was in the valley, his opponent was still Shale. But Han Sen was different now. He had become deified, and he wasn't the same as before.
Shale wasn't the same Shale as before, either. He had learned many geno arts, and although they were still flawed, he was much stronger than before.
Li Chun Qiu stood outside the valley. His eyes never left Han Sen.
He knew that Shale's chances of winning this time weren't high. He didn't think Han Sen would become deified that quickly. So, this fight wasn't what Li Chun Qiu had expected.
His training of Shale hadn't been perfect yet. Shale still needed a lot of time to learn the geno arts he needed to learn. That was the only way he could overcome the problem of having too few geno arts.
But none of that was important. Fighting was the best way for an elite to grow. Being able to fight someone like Han Sen would be good for Shale, too.
Plus, Li Chun Qiu wanted to know how strong Han Sen was now that he was deified.
Inside the valley, Shale looked at Han Sen and said, "I have found a way to break your Under the Sky knife skills. I won't give you the same chance this time."
"I wasn't planning on using Under the Sky knife skills." Han Sen smiled and summoned his Spell pistols.
The Spell pistols had become deified, and they looked even more exquisite. They had more texture to them, too. The two revolvers were engraved with mysterious symbols.
"Let me see how strong Spell is when I become deified."
Han Sen held the Spell Gun in his hand, and the trigger clicked. The bullet came roaring out of the barrel, and it was headed directly for Shale.
Shale's eyes froze, but he didn't dodge. The substance chains on his body surged, and he threw a punch at the bullet.
Pang!
The fist and the bullet collided, creating a terrifying collision of power. Shale's lion-like body seemed to have been hit hard. His legs dug two deep trenches in the ground, and he was pushed back a few hundred meters before he managed to stop himself.
Shale's face changed. He pulled his fist back and saw that the bullet had pierced his finger bone. Blood was oozing out of the wound.
Li Chun Qiu frowned. Shale's power was one of the top primitive deifieds, but in terms of pure power, he was at a disadvantage. He looked weaker than Han Sen, who had just leveled up.
"How can Han Sen be so strong?" Li Chun Qiu looked at Han Sen thoughtfully.
The crystallizers weren't a race that focused on fitness, but Han Sen's fitness was better than a born-deified of the same level. That was weird.
Exquisite and Li Keer were pleasantly surprised. After becoming deified, Han Sen's power was no weaker than that of the Very High. That was very scary.
"What a strong power."
Shale's eyes looked at Han Sen. His desire to fight hadn't weakened. In fact, it had grown even stronger.
Substance chains danced madly across his body, and his power kept increasing. He was like a volcano erupting, unstoppable.
Clearly, Han Sen's shot had stimulated Shale's desire to win. That burst of power wasn't just pure brute force. It was a special technique.
"Shale has learned a lot recently. I can use it to test how strong my deified powers are." Han Sen didn't attack. He was waiting for Shale to push his power to the max.
The last time Shale had lost to Han Sen, it was because he didn't have enough power to defeat Han Sen. That was how Han Sen had been able to use Under the Sky Knife skill.
After that defeat, Shale had been thinking about how he might defeat Han Sen. He had many ideas, and with Li Chun Qiu's help, Shale had chosen two of them.
One was a fist skill that was similar to Under the Sky. It could gather a lot of punching power and create a scary stream of punches. That way, he could fight Under the Sky's knife stream.
The other way was Shale's Star Burst. That geno art could increase Shale's fitness in a short amount of time. His power and speed would be greatly improved. He could use his absolute power to defeat Han Sen. That way, Han Sen wouldn't have a chance to generate a powerful knife stream.
But the weakness of Star Burst was that it didn't last long. Because he had to use his power, Shale had less than ten minutes to defeat Han Sen. If he couldn't win in ten minutes, his body would become weak because he used too much power.
When the power of Star Burst exploded, Shale's entire body glowed with a bright silver light. He was like a star that was bursting with power. Around his body, black strings of light flashed. They were like cracks in a black hole.
"Han Sen, try my fist skill again!" Shale roared. He threw a punch at Han Sen.
The fist skill was the same as the one he had used before, but it was stronger and more powerful. It was simpler and more effective than the last time they had seen each other. And this time, the speed and power were many times stronger than the last time.
He threw a punch, and the substance chains were like the explosion of cosmic dust. It was as if that punch could destroy everything. No power could stop that punch.
Looking at the fiery fist power that was like an exploding star, Han Sen did not choose to dodge. He extended one of his arms straight ahead, holding the Language Gun in his hand. He looked at the fist power that was approaching him like the sun, and his finger pulled the trigger firmly.
Pang!
The bullet roared out of the barrel of the gun. It flew toward the fist power that was like a sun.
Boom!
Everyone felt a blinding white light explode in front of their eyes. They couldn't see anything. When the light dimmed a little, everyone could see what was happening. Their faces changed.
Han Sen's bullet hadn't been destroyed by Shale's scary fist power. It went through the Star Burst and hit Shale's fist.
But after the Star Burst's impact, the power of the bullet had weakened. It hit Shale's fist, but it wasn't able to hurt him like the first bullet. It bounced back and fell to the ground.
Although he hadn't been able to hurt Shale, Li Chun Qiu and Exquisite were still shocked. After Shale used Star Explosion, his power had increased by ten times. One punch from him could destroy a deified elite of the same level.
That bullet, which was made of substance chain power, didn't have a solid body. And yet, it was able to withstand Shale's Star Burst without being destroyed. That was surprising.
"The Eternity solidification power has become stronger. The bullets can withstand such power without being damaged. I'm afraid it has reached the level of indestructible." Han Sen complimented it in his heart.