I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

The Gateknocker fears depletion.

This is instinctive thinking.

Hence, Han Zhan will surely strive for a quick battle, defeating the opponent even at the expense of sacrificing other things.

But as the Gatekeeper, doesn’t he also fear a prolonged battle of Spiritual Power exhaustion?

Maintaining the Realm of Gluttony, preparing abundant ingredients, transforming them into powerful attack means — it’s worth noting, that Eater Fan Chaohui, no matter how strong, is still merely a Tier Seven Spirit Contract Master, that’s all!

Han Zhan captured a glint of insight in his mind, analyzing the root of the problem.

He fears the war of attrition, but similarly, as his opponent, Fan Chaohui fears the war of attrition even more!

”Every time you deliberately turn around to take ingredients from the box, humming a tune, seemingly relaxed, but actually not so.”

”All the ingredients within the Realm of Gluttony should be your entire reserve of Spiritual Power, manifested in a tangible form. Whether it’s fish, water, or firewood, they all are.”

”You intend to engage in high-frequency, high-intensity attacks, under high pressure, forcing me to go all out and expose a flaw, to be defeated by your swift victory.”

”Therefore, I bet your ingredient box does not have enough ingredients!”

Han Zhan slowly straightened up, standing his ground.

No longer in haste to attack, he opted to quietly adjust his breathing, recovering the depleted Spiritual Power within.

From their earlier confrontation, Han Zhan could discern that Fan Chaohui’s attack intensity was high, but also significantly limited; if one were to keep avoiding the fight, maintain distance, then Fan Chaohui’s prepared tactics would yield little effect.

So Fan Chaohui needed to use methods akin to psychological suggestions to induce Han Zhan to aggressively attack and fulfill the conditions for making a move.

After being exposed by Han Zhan, Fan Chaohui remained unhurried and unperturbed, still holding a small broken fan, slowly fanning the firewood beneath.

The battlefield, which was supposed to be stalemated, suddenly fell into an eerily tranquil phase.

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Mechanical Sect, ruins.

The originally Ruins City was truly turned into ruins, which aligned with the fighting style of the Mechanical Sect.

The three sides in the melee were now distanced apart, temporarily pausing for a truce.

”You seem indifferent to the Gateknocking battle over at the Anti-Xia Alliance.”

”He cannot possibly succeed,” a voice filled with hoarse rage sounded from within a mysterious huge shadow.

The Life and Death Apostle watched the two ”humans” engaging in probing dialogue, maintaining a smile on their face, while behind them, new Life and Death Apostles were continuously splitting out, attempting to find a way out amid the ruins.

Huge billows of smoke enveloped the area.

A Life and Death Apostle successfully touched the boundary; he couldn’t utter any sound, directly turned into ashes and dissipated.

View shifts.

The conversation between the other two sides continued.

”Currently within the Anti-Xia Alliance, there are exactly five Tier Seven Spirit Contract Masters including Gongyang Jin. Drunkard Sun Yun will be in the first tent, followed by Chopstick Shooter Si Baikong, Bag Universe Ouyang Jin, Eater Fan Chaohui. Gongyang Jin, given her ’character,’ will certainly be stationed in the Central Army Tent.”

The Mechanical Sect entity suspected to be the Celestial Net spoke in a seemingly prophetic manner.

”Is it all within your calculations?” The presence within the huge shadow snorted coldly.

”Fan Chaohui will not be a match for that Gateknocker. This is the conclusion of data analysis. Fan Chaohui’s Realm of Gluttony might be formidable, but its weaknesses are equally apparent — as long as the Gateknocker can slow down and exhaust him, Fan Chaohui will struggle to hold on and crumble.”

Undoubtedly, its analysis matched precisely with the current situation at Fulong City within the Anti-Xia Alliance.

The voice within the shadow wickedly chuckled ”heh” again.

”Your database needs an update.”

”Regarding the shortcomings you mentioned, doesn’t Fan Chaohui know? Then guess again, in nearly a century of researching cooking and gourmet, has he come up with any new innovative dishes?”

”I will rescue the Life and Death Apostle, then return to the Anti-Xia Alliance, expel that Gateknocker and thoroughly crush your plans!”

”Hahahaha!”

Laughter echoed from within the huge shadow, reverberating throughout the Mechanical Sect ruins.

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”You’re right.”

”In a war of attrition, I’m indeed not the opponent. Also, I fear my opponent acting like you are now, distancing and delaying through time exhaustion.”

”My Realm of Gluttony prefers foes with a hardened resolve, engaging in direct confrontations, fist to fist.”

”But that was all in the past.”

As Fan Chaohui spoke, he too stood upright like Han Zhan, picking up the rag from the table, and began wiping his hands.

”To solve this issue, I’ve spent nearly a century on research and recently achieved a breakthrough.”

”Although it may not be one hundred percent effective, it is carefully prepared with a century’s worth of effort for opponents who desire a war of attrition.”

”So, are you ready?”

”Extinction Steamed Dumplings!”

Fan Chaohui shouted the last sentence, sounding somewhat amusing, yet Han Zhan, being his opponent, found no reason to laugh.

He raised his hand, uncovering the steamer tray, revealing a heap of plump, juice-filled steamed dumplings; Fan Chaohui kicked over the steamer tray.

Instantly, all the steamed dumplings inside the steamer tray spilled out.

Firewood, representing Fan Chaohui’s Spiritual Power, steamed the entire steamer tray throughout the battle, and each dumpling contained terrifying extinction energy.

Under the augmentation of the Realm of Gluttony, these steamed dumplings fell around Han Zhan, exploding one after another.

The exploding dumplings emitted bright, radiant light, sweeping annihilating energy across the battlefield; each dumpling embodied the full-strength strike of Eater Fan Chaohui’s Tier Seven Peak power.

And it wasn’t over yet.

With dumpling after dumpling exploding, the overlapping annihilating energies intermingled and compounded, successfully breaking through the upper limit!

Its might ascended to Tier Eight!

This is what deserved the name Extinction Steamed Dumplings!

After unleashing this move, Fan Chaohui also fell into a prolonged period of exhaustion, unable to continue crafting gourmet delicacies.

From when Fan Chaohui toppled the steamed dumplings, to when they scattered around Han Zhan, and when they swept annihilation energy across the arena.

The whole process transpired in a tremendously short span, not exceeding three breaths.

During these three breaths, Han Zhan reacted promptly.

The first breath. Han Zhan used the Nuwa Stone to successfully unlock the sealing of his Demon Crossing Cloak and Moonlight Longsword by Bag Universe Ouyang Jin, putting them on in a blink.

The second breath. Han Zhan played the Fu Xi Zither, breaking the Four Urgent Locks, elevating his body functions to the extreme.

The third breath. Han Zhan switched to the Shennong Cauldron, which hadn’t been used in a long time, now fully charged with the energy needed to release the Creation of Living Beings, enveloping his entire body with dense Life Energy.

After the three breaths were over.

The entire battlefield appeared as though a bite had been taken by a Taotie, significantly missing a large portion.

On this devastated battlefield, a steadfast figure stood against the fierce wind.

”I won.”