Chapter 004: Clash of Titans

Hearing Chenchen’s words, Gafield wore an extremely strange expression on his face. He narrowed his eyes and smiled, saying, “Hmm, not bad, not bad… You’re right; there indeed is a chance to kill me! But I don’t understand one thing—since when has the Roland Continent had such a powerful warrior, and I never knew about it? From the way you look… you must be one of Duke Du Fan’s men?”
At this point, Gafield glanced slightly at Du Fan and said calmly, “No wonder the Duke has always remained so calm. He must have prepared a backup plan all along… It seems this place was also agreed upon by you guys beforehand. I overestimated myself.”
Though Gafield was completely wrong—Chenchen had come here mostly due to a mysterious connection deep within her soul with Du Fan—Du Fan wasn’t bothered to explain. He simply shook his head slightly without saying much.
Chenchen sneered coldly and said, “Why so much talk? Let’s fight!”
Gafield smiled and said, “Great! I’ve been waiting for you to say that. If you can defeat me, then why not let Duke Du Fan go?”
The two stopped talking and simply stared at each other in silence.
Meanwhile, Du Fan’s heart suddenly sank as two immense pressures descended upon him almost simultaneously!
Although he was already a saint-level warrior, he was severely injured now, with less than 30% of his original strength left. In the confrontation between these two powerful warriors, though neither Chenchen nor Gafield targeted Du Fan directly, their overwhelming auras could not be concealed.
Du Fan had always known Chenchen was strong, but he never imagined she would be this powerful. Seeing her appear so effortless, he felt somewhat relieved.
The two astonishing auras kept colliding in the air. The birds and beasts in the forest seemed to sense something and fled in panic. The forest, once filled with bird calls, suddenly became as silent as a grave!
After taking a few more glances, Du Fan felt his vision blur. He realized that he couldn’t get too close to such a clash between peerless warriors.
He quickly stepped back dozens of meters before finally breathing easier, though his gaze remained fixed on the scene. He knew full well that battles of this caliber were not something he could casually witness.

Seeming to realize that Du Fan had already stepped back far, Chenchen suddenly sighed and said, “If you don’t take action now, I’ll have to go first! I still need to heal him later; I don’t have time to waste on you!”
Garfield smiled faintly and said, “If that’s the case… then I won’t hold back!”
At that moment, Garfield suddenly snorted and took a step forward.
But with just that single step, the space around them underwent drastic changes!
A fierce chill radiated from Garfield’s entire body, and in the blink of an eye, an almost visible layer of ice covered hundreds of meters in radius, enveloping everything within it in ice and snow…
Having just made his move, Garfield had already unleashed his Holy Rank domain!
Du Fan believed he had no chance of dealing with this, but upon seeing this, Chenchen showed a hint of disdain and said lightly, “So that’s all you’ve got…”
Then, Chenchen suddenly stretched out her hand and tapped lightly forward.
Immediately, absolute darkness appeared before her as a result of her touch. This darkness slowly took shape and eventually formed a black wave that surged violently toward Garfield!
The distance between Chenchen and Garfield was only a few dozen meters, but with the appearance of this black wave, it seemed as though an endless ocean had separated them. It seemed Garfield was about to be swallowed by this black sea…
Garfield’s expression turned serious. He lowered his hands, which he had been holding, and finally waved them forward.
The black ocean sent by Chenchen contained an unimaginable amount of power—it dispersed Garfield’s Holy Rank domain in the blink of an eye and rushed toward him with a howling force.
But Garfield wasn’t an ordinary person either. With a single wave of his hand, the black ocean in front of him suddenly split into two.
His Holy Rank domain had been completely destroyed, yet the black ocean couldn’t get even half a meter close to him!
Seeing this, Chenchen snorted and tapped her hand again. The black ocean instantly turned into a dozen black blades that shot violently toward Garfield.

Seeing Chenchen’s sudden change in tactics, a glint appeared in Garfield’s eyes. He suddenly chuckled and said, “Perfect timing!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, his robe suddenly billowed as if in a breeze, and a water-blue combat energy appeared beside him. Then came several “whooshing” sounds…
Several silver lights suddenly appeared around Garfield. Though faint, they seemed to be made of cold air, extremely sharp.
As soon as the first black blade approached, those silver lights collided with it, instantly turning both into fragments!
With one move proving effective, Garfield didn’t change his tactics again. Countless silver lights appeared, cutting all the black blades around him into pieces!
However, the black blades grew more powerful as time went on. At first, a few silver lights could block one black blade, but by the end, dozens or even hundreds were needed!
Seeing that all those black blades had been blocked, a rare look of seriousness appeared on Chenchen’s face.
She suddenly sighed and slowly spread her arms out.
With this movement, the forest gradually disappeared into the air, and the area where she and Garfield had stood turned into darkness!
Absolute darkness!
In this darkness, only their silhouettes emitted a faint light!
What had been just dozens of meters away now seemed like an infinite distance.
Garfield’s expression changed drastically. He let out a soft hum, and the cold energy around him spread out, freezing everything into ice. But soon, those ice blocks were swallowed by the darkness…
In the end, it was unclear whether the darkness consumed the ice or the ice froze the darkness!
At this moment, Chenchen and Garfield’s sacred realm domains were constantly colliding. In such a situation, whoever had greater strength would win.
Even if both were sacred realm powerhouses, being inside someone else’s sacred realm offered no advantage.
Now, their battle was no longer just a clash of strength or mastery of rules!
Instead, both were using their own power to forcibly “change” the rules around them, trying to bring the other into their own “rules”!

In other words, Chenchen and Garfield seemed to have nearly reached the pinnacle of the Saint rank and were on the verge of breaking through to the legendary “Domain” realm!
Seeing this, Du Fan suddenly had an epiphany!
If the Saint rank involved utilizing rules, then a Saint Domain meant altering certain aspects of those rules. But a true Domain completely eliminated all surrounding rules and established one’s own set of rules!
Only then could one be considered a true powerhouse.
In the face of a Domain powerhouse, even Saint rank warriors would be like ants!
On the battlefield, Chenchen and Garfield’s Saint Domains continued to collide and consume each other, with no clear winner in sight.
Finally, the cold aura around Garfield suddenly intensified and retreated into his body, plunging him back into utter darkness.
Chenchen frowned slightly and said, “What? Are you giving up?”
But Garfield shook his head slightly and replied, “No! I’m just curious—how could someone like you call that kid who just reached the Saint rank ‘master’… If I’m not mistaken, you’re just one step away from mastering your own Domain and reaching the legendary status of a ‘Domain powerhouse’! At that level, you could create worlds and control weather—there would be no place in this world you couldn’t go. But you’re stuck at this stage… So, you’re strong, really strong, but no matter how strong you are… you’ll never be my opponent! Because…”
At this point, Garfield laughed heartily and shouted, “Because the Saint rank is, after all, just the Saint rank! Even if it’s a Saint Domain, standing at the peak of the Saint rank, one is almost invincible! But you’re still just at the Saint rank! And I…”
Garfield paused, his face filled with fanatical devotion, “And I… am a Domain!!!”