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The force buried Titan further in the alloy floor of the arena The lightning strike had been so intense it turned the whole thing gold But he frowned If his control was really at its peak than one hit should have been enough

The cro it differently They could only gape at precisely the opposite of what they’d all thought would happen The scene was fah the players were reversed How et?

What Titan had undergone in the last couple of days, had been the next step in the Paragonprocess What many did not knoas that the North had their own forenetica that they employed in their experimentation – a formula no less potent than the West’s Since the Ter too much of his natural body with machinery This had allowed theression Ultih, and they knew it Co science could elory of his Master, Titan had taken this formula to stimulate the full breadth of his potential He was already at his peak, so this was intended to force hion

But the power and influence he gained through this wasn’t real understanding, and thus not a real manifestation of Doye and hih the blade was deep Titan believed the difference in Discipline would be enough

Yet in the face of Titan’s upgrades, his faith, and his strength, Zeus was still controlling the fight The convert could not know that Zeus’ Ascension and Qianlin’s Queen of Heaven transformations had joined entirely This proenic cohtning showed much more power than he had in the Pontiff’s Citadel

Zeus also benefitted fro, as one rose in power so did the other He o peak-ranked Adepts in one Although Titan’s pure Force was impressive, Lan Jue’s Taiji skills made sure they weren’t insurmountable

“Aaahhhhhh!” Another roar as Titan stumbled to his feet He veritably poured with an oppressive aura Zeus was not reckless, and retreated to assess the situation on the far side of the ring

Froan to swell Before the eyes of the audience, he stretched until he becae as the titans of old His clothes exploded in to shreds, with his modestly carefully protected by briefs of super-elastic material His eyes blazed red, but his body was a union of silver and gold His skin was a pure lu veins Rays of glorious golden light painted the ring

This was the reatest faith His ireith him, and the displacement of power caused the arena to shake once th as the cheers of his Northern coarded his opponent with dispassionate eyes Metal else? He could clearly feel the te around theh his conversion, sothen his abilities

It achieved the sah not to the sae that what he saw before hion, and some aspects of his poere probably already at that level

Zeus took a steadying breath He slowly extended his right hand forward and folloith a step He flowed in this way like rolling clouds, difficult to directly face If he wanted to overco! Be fluid so that the full force of his power had nowhere to land

“Booround A shockith the force of ten earthquakes rattled right for Zeus

But ten meters from hi tossed and buckled, like a sea in storain, and threw hie His h the air toward his opponent and fired a ray of golden light

Fiend-crusher!

Lan Jue lifted his arently allowed thelow of black and white appeared in his palh the energies, both turned an incandescent gold He effortlessly deflected Titan to the side, into the ring’s shield

Titan responded with an apocalyptic hail of punches Lan Jue danced around the: Grasp the Bird’s Tail, Parting the Horse’s Mane, White Crane Spreads Its Wings Each one, at the very last moment, turned away Titan’s murderous attacks They weren’t the nine strikes, but the basic e over overwheline the kind of stress it put on Zeus to face off against a near-Paragon He felt like a blade beneath the blacks his mastery of Taiji

1 This is one ood exaood video of the practical application of Taiji by an American hippie