Chapter 178, Heaven Fall

Translator: Tamon

 

In a world where the second law of thermodynamics was present, a system’s entropy amplification was inevitable. The Heat Death, or heat death of the universe for Earth, was the direction the universe was going towards.

 

Life, native to a universe, was the most common negative entropy phenomenon, the universe’s answer to local entropy reduction.

 

Hence, Celestial Entropy’s positive and negative usage followed Dao, borrowing on the world’s nature to fight.

 

The positive entropy amplification, aiming for chaos, represented the death of the world and high temperatures. The negative entropy reduction was all about order and balance, not exchanging the slightest amount of heat, hence being frozen.

 

Ai Changyuan glanced at Wang Qi’s red blade edge and all the details of Celestial Entropy came to mind. He was careful, with hands behind him and adopting an odd stance.

 

Ai Changyuan’s aura grew higher and heavier. Relying on his invisible and abstruse mental art, he connected to the ground beneath him, leveraging on this celestial body’s gravity. Alas, the meager spiritual power limited how much he could use, but with Divine Province’s humans being used to the same gravity at all times, the shift in its strength was off-putting for Wang Qi.

 

With a constant pulse, the increase in blood circulation was a sign of imminent loss of control. As blood rushed to his brain, it worked to give him a headache. While the muscles around the torso felt weaker.

 

“The celestial body’s gravitational constant is determined by its mass. It can’t become smaller all of a sudden. Yet he could borrow some gravitational force in this area? Just what’s the theory behind it?”

 

Wang Qi’s thoughts raced, pondering every one of Universal Pull’s secrets. Ai Changyuan didn’t give him the luxury. Transcendent’s descendant spoke, “You don’t have the time to think!” and punched.

 

There was no boom, not even a breeze. The ‘borrowed’ power twisted around Ai Changyuan’s fist and gave it unprecedented weight. All matter rushed at the youth’s fist, including air itself and Wang Qi’s blood.

 

The fist was as plain as it could be, yet it was far worse than the flashiest and mightiest fist art.

 

The erratic blood flow caused Wang Qi’s sight to swoon. The fist coming at him didn’t look to belong to a fourteen-year-old, but the entire celestial body. The strong gravity pulled him into Ai Changyuan’s fist.

 

Universal Pull, imitating celestial bodies and linking everything!

 

Ai Changyuan brightened as Wang Qi staggered towards his fist. There was no way that this respected opponent wouldn’t be able to handle a probing fist.

 

A blade wave shot forth just then, right at Ai Changyuan’s face. Unlike common blazing or bright blade arts, this blade wave didn’t expand but contracted.

 

Its bloodlust faded, along with its Saber Energy and even spirit, until the attack was shaking like it would crumble.

 

Ai Changyuan widened. He saw the true terror of this feeble blade.

 

Humanity’s subjective concept of space adhered to Euclidean geometry, but what would happen if you looked at the attack from outside that perspective?

 

Ai Changyuan wielded a cultivation method leveraging gravity and learned Riemannian geometry for this purpose. To him, the attack was blinding. The curved blade wave exceeded space, cut through gravity, and promised to cut him down as well.

 

Entropy amplification’s disorder filled Ai Changyuan with danger. He couldn’t be hit! The Ai clansman shifted his attack, raising his right hand for the Heaven Fall Palm.

 

Wang Qi felt lighter, just as the gravity beneath him vanished. Losing his footing, the blade missed, tracing over Ai Changyuan’s scalp.

 

[So what if Heat Death is scary? It’s pointless if it can’t hit.]

 

Ai Changyuan’s left hand pushed down, to smash Wang Qi. The lightness turned into reversed gravity, with his head being pulled alongside the stage’s tiles right for Ai Changyuan’s palm.

 

Splitting earth!

 

The rushing blood to his head gave Wang Qi a splitting headache. The fine blood vessels in his nose were the first to give, but instead of dripping down, the blood floated upward. Wang Qi paid it no heed, opening his bloodshot eyes and swinging his blade.

 

[That move was just the start.]

 

Hyperbolic geometry and space’s nature brought about a strike that surpassed the gravity of Ai Changyuan’s palm. Ai Changyuan pulled his hand back and coughed hard, straining to use his martial arts to shake off the blade.

 

Wang Qi capitalized on this chance to step forward, detouring Ai Changyuan’s right hand, and using the recoil to hack.

 

[We both specialize in offense, and you’re better than me with fists. That means you hardly have a plan to counter my blade up close.]

 

[Having not anticipated this side of you, let’s see how you take the strongest slashes I calculated all day!]

 

The blade showcased true mastery, forcing Ai Changyuan to take it.

 

Ai Changyuan’ right middle and ring fingers bent into a weird fist and struck at Wang Qi’s chest. Wang Qi’s blade changed its direction midway. Ai Changyuan’s palm slapped the side of the blade, and the skillful use of force shook Wang Qi back.

 

“As expected for the descended on mechanics’ pioneer…” Wang Qi blew the blood in his nose and patched the vessels with spiritual power. The exchange looked tense, but for the two bookworms, it was just testing the waters.

 

“Pity.” After both adjusted for a comeback, Ai Changyuan spoke with regret. “A pity you didn’t choose Art Annihilator Clausius’ Searing Annihilating Heaven Palm. It’s the best martial skill fit for Celestial Entropy, cutting off all vitality within fifty kilometers. Everything will return to chaos. This would’ve canceled Universal Pull and Heaven Fall Palm.”

 

“Ever heard of one art extrapolates into all?”

 

“White Marsh True Array Divider and Thunder Resonance Blade Art are good arts that match with all mental arts, but they can’t ever reach the natural combination between Searing Annihilating Heaven Palm and Celestial Entropy.” Ai Changyuan sighed. “If you can’t have Hyperbolic geometry and White Marsh True Array Divider or Thunder Resonance Blade Art tied together, you’ll never be able to handle my next move.”

 

Wang Qi rose an eyebrow. “Try it then.”

 

The two charged at each other.

 

Ai Changyuan danced, his hands drawing circles, forming a gravity ball between his palms.

 

Gravity warped space. Ai Changyuan smashed for Wang Qi with the twisted space.

 

With this palm, heaven falls!