If not for being on this ancient warship.

If not for witnessing the transformation of mummies and statues earlier.

If not for seeing with his own eyes the revival of the statue evolving into Zhou Wangchen.

Then Zhou Yan would definitely believe that this Zhou Wangchen before him was his father, Zhou Wangchen, the once decadent, deep, and melancholic father.

But in fact, even if the person before him resembled Zhou Wangchen in every aspect, he was not Zhou Wangchen—despite the Bloodline sensing and that inexplicable familiarity and closeness.

A chill ran through Zhou Yan's heart as he passively faced the attacks from the statue Zhou Wangchen.

In this world, who could better understand oneself than oneself? It was precisely because of this understanding that Zhou Yan knew how terrifying Zhou Wangchen's Combat Power would be after copying his abilities.

And here, the endless mummies were not just this one; what terrifying events would unfold if all the mummies revived?

This is unimaginable, and Zhou Yan even felt that it might be more terrifying than the Blood River chaos.

Zhou Yan swiftly dodged while using his Tao heart to resist the terrifying Ancestor Thunder Killing Domain, completely trapped in passivity, suppressed by the statue's invincible Combat Power.

Every time Zhou Yan attacked, the opponent could sense it and, due to their understanding of attack methods, make judgments in advance and evade easily.

Despite Zhou Yan also knowing the means and scope of the opponent's attacks, the opponent initially held the initiative, putting Zhou Yan at a disadvantage.

Moreover, even though it was a fake Zhou Wangchen, the familiarity and closeness conveyed in all aspects constantly gnawed at Zhou Yan's mind, making it difficult for him to focus on his enemy, naturally placing him at a further disadvantage.

But upon realizing this state, Zhou Yan immediately recited the Ruoshui Scripture, wielding absolute Combat Power in a state of no thoughts, holding nothing back, genuinely engaging in battle with the statue Zhou Wangchen.

Zhou Yan only treated all of this as a projection of himself, fighting against himself.

When facing himself as the enemy, everything he knew, the opponent naturally knew as well. The opponent clearly used his blood as a template to replicate the body, using the statue as the soul, and the mummy as the body, presenting an invincible powerful stance.

Such a battle could be fully let go.

Zhou Yan cast aside all hesitation and thoughts, solely focusing on growing stronger, effectively taking this as a test of his own Tao.

Zhou Yan unleashed himself, presenting an equally invincible stance, engaging in a Life and Death struggle with the statue Zhou Wangchen.

This battle was extremely fierce and long-lasting, even more so than the battle with the Giant Bone Sky Demon, reaching unmatched levels of brutality.

Eventually, at the most critical moment, Zhou Yan gained an advantage with the Chip, suppressing and destroying the statue.

The statue fell to the ground, from being intact at the beginning to becoming broken and rusty, as if it had decayed for millions of years.

And this statue, too, became blurred, covered all over with Dao Trace scars and weapon marks like the other statues.

Whereas Zhou Yan was nearly slain by the statue in this battle, the situation was extremely tragic.

He exhausted all stored energy, pushed the Xingyi Rebirth technique to its limit, and the Emperor Blood Transformation to its utmost level, yet still did not defeat himself.

It remained a stalemate.

His body flowed with crimson blood, suffering near-destruction injuries, with Soul Loss pushing him to a near-death state. Despite having various heaven-defying techniques like Xingyi Rebirth, it was still this tragic.

Ultimately, utilizing the chip's repair ability, Zhou Yan employed a desperate means to perish together with the statue, slaying it.

And Zhou Yan himself lay on the hard ground, completely unable to move.

From the Chip, a vast energy aura mimicking Emperor Blood was conveyed through the mysterious Starry Sky, seemingly repairing his body and Soul Loss—this was also why Zhou Yan could fight without reservation.

Although 'controlled' by the Chip, he could also utilize the chip's superbrain extraction to draw energy stored by the Mechanical Clan.

The more miserable Zhou Yan was, the more replenishing energy he received.

Thus, Zhou Yan didn't care about his injuries.

Before, when fighting the Giant Bone Sky Demon, though not yet at the limit, saved eventually by Wan Hun Ancestor, Zhou Yan had already felt the repair power of the Mechanical Chip.

In facing such battles now, Zhou Yan gained a deep understanding of the chip's capabilities, sparking an intimidating thought after confronting Zhou Wangchen.

This thought was the battle frenzy, seeing his Clone as the enemy.

Lying on the ground, Zhou Yan's blood dripped onto the land, touching the rust-covered Short Sword, which absorbed some blood, suddenly shedding its mottled rust marks, becoming smooth as jade.

Then, an Immortal Light flew towards Zhou Yan, suddenly rushing into the center of his brow.

At that moment, Zhou Yan was startled, thinking he might be slain by the dagger, but unexpectedly, the dagger-like Short Sword directly flew into his brow, then came to a halt deep in his brow, as if rooted inside.

Zhou Yan felt no peculiar sensation or change, seemingly nothing different but for having a small dagger in the center of his brow.

After sensing for a long time, even scanning with energy from the chip, no abnormalities were found, and the chip's power couldn't detect the dagger's presence.

However, during Zhou Yan's sensing, it seemed the dagger became aware, gradually transforming into a small Flying Sword shape.

Previously a Short Sword, akin to a dagger.

But now, directly a small, exquisite sword.

Seeing this sword, Zhou Yan suddenly felt it resembled Feng Lingqing's sword, the Frost Snow Saint Sword, Sword Spirit Xiao Xue of the Netherworld Queen.

Equally crystal-clear as jade, equally small and exquisite.

Zhou Yan inexplicably sighed, a long lament escaping his lips.

Thereafter, the chip's full effect was manifest, completely healing Zhou Yan's injuries.

Zhou Yan stood up, no longer feeling the gaze of cold eyes, and this space exerted no pressure on him. It seemed as if with the Short Sword entering his brow, all terror had departed from him.

Zhou Yan looked around; there wasn't a trace of the battle aftereffects in Heaven and Earth.

In this ancient ship's Space, no attack, no matter how powerful, could cause spatial fluctuation or destroy the barriers.

This Space was powerful, stable, ancient, and unfathomable.

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