Ray’s furious roars echoed throughout the platform alongside the names of his techniques.

"Scarlet Soul Splitter!"

"Heaven Slaughtering Spear!"

"Crimson Void Collapse!"

Each attack was stronger than the previous one.

Each strike possessed enough power to instantly annihilate ordinary peak Law Manifestation Realm geniuses.

Yet Max blocked every single attack.

Sometimes he used his bare fists to smash apart the spear light directly.

Sometimes he crossed his arms to endure the attacks head on.

Sometimes he simply relied entirely on the terrifying durability of his body and allowed the spear strikes to collide against him directly.

The three Divine Veins operated at full capacity continuously.

The Vein of Origin amplified his raw physical strength to monstrous levels.

The Vein of Strength pushed his raw strength beyond ordinary comprehension.

And the Vein of Vitality regenerated his damaged body endlessly.

Again and again, Ray’s spear attacks tore apart Max’s flesh.

Again and again, cracks spread across his body like shattered porcelain.

Yet every single time—

His body healed instantly afterward.

The scene gradually became more horrifying with every exchange.

Jonathan’s expression had already turned extremely solemn as he watched the battle unfold.

"He’s adapting..." Jonathan muttered quietly, unable to hide the seriousness in his voice anymore. He could feel that Max was adapting to more and more of Pseudo Cosmic Path of Ray and was getting less and less injured as the battle went on.

Julie’s beautiful eyes trembled faintly as she stared at Max.

"No..." she whispered softly.

Her gaze remained locked firmly onto him.

"He’s enjoying it."

That was the truly terrifying part.

The more Ray attacked, the brighter the excitement within Max’s eyes became.

At this moment, Max no longer resembled someone struggling desperately within a fierce battle.

Instead, he looked like a madman enthusiastically welcoming stronger and stronger attacks with his own body alone.

Meanwhile, Ray’s fury continued growing uncontrollably.

No matter how many attacks he unleashed...

No matter how terrifying his spear strikes became...

Max simply refused to fall.

"Hahaha! More!" Max’s loud laughter echoed across the shattered battlefield as he charged directly toward Ray once again without the slightest hint of fear upon his face.

The seven colored lightning surrounding his body exploded wildly while terrifying physical force radiated from every movement he made.

At this point, Max no longer looked like an ordinary cultivator at all. Instead, he resembled an ancient beast that had finally found an opponent capable of enduring his madness.

The surrounding participants could only stare at the battlefield with completely numb expressions.

None of them even knew how to react anymore.

What was unfolding before their eyes had already surpassed the level of a normal clash between geniuses. The eighth layer of the tower had long since become a scene of destruction.

Massive cracks spread endlessly across the platform while shattered debris floated throughout the air under the influence of the terrifying shockwaves erupting from every collision.

Boom!!!

Ray’s crimson spear descended once more like divine punishment itself, carrying overwhelming sharpness capable of splitting apart heaven and earth.

Yet Max directly met it head on with his bare fist.

The collision instantly caused the surrounding space to distort violently. The air exploded outward while enormous cracks spread beneath both of them across the already devastated platform.

Neither side retreated.

Instead, the battle only became fiercer.

Ray’s expression had already twisted from rage and disbelief as he continuously unleashed one terrifying spear technique after another.

The pressure radiating from his Pseudo Cosmic Path became increasingly violent with every attack he launched. Scarlet spear energy swept across the battlefield endlessly, tearing apart everything nearby.

Meanwhile, Max fought him directly without the slightest intention of avoiding the attacks.

He simply charged forward again and again using nothing except the monstrous physical strength granted by the three Divine Veins and his terrifying body.

Again and again, Ray’s sharpness tore apart Max’s flesh.

Again and again, blood exploded from Max’s body as horrifying wounds spread across him.

Yet every single time—

His flesh regenerated instantly afterward.

The Vein of Vitality continuously surged with endless life force, restoring his damaged body at a terrifying speed that left everyone speechless.

The more the battle continued, the brighter the excitement within Max’s eyes became.

However, beneath that excitement—

Something else had quietly begun changing.

As Max continuously clashed directly against Ray’s spear attacks, he gradually began sensing something hidden deeper within the structure of the Pseudo Cosmic Path itself.

At first, all he could feel was overwhelming sharpness.

An absolute sharpness capable of severing everything in existence.

But now—

The more attacks he exchanged with Ray, the clearer the structure behind the Pseudo Cosmic Path gradually became.

The sharpness surrounding Ray’s spear was not chaotic.

It was ordered.

Every movement.

Every fluctuation.

Every strand of spear energy.

All of it was connected together by a deeper foundation.

A strange and mysterious connection linked every attack into something far greater than an ordinary concept.

Max’s eyes gradually sharpened.

"So this is how it works..." he muttered inwardly.

Deep within him, the Severing Sword Concept trembled faintly but it was his emotion severing cosmic path that was violently reacting as if threatening to take over him.

As Max continued experiencing the Pseudo Cosmic Path firsthand, his own understanding began evolving rapidly. Every spear strike from Ray felt like a lesson. Every collision revealed another layer hidden behind the so called Pseudo Cosmic Path.

Gradually, Max began realizing something terrifying.

A true Cosmic Path was not simply a stronger concept.

It was the complete integration of one’s comprehension, intent, laws, and existence into a single unified whole.

And the Pseudo Cosmic Path—

Was the halfway point toward that transformation.

At that moment, countless insights flashed rapidly through Max’s mind like streaks of lightning. His Severing Sword Concept began evolving subtly while his terrifying comprehension accelerated at an astonishing speed.

Even Jonathan eventually noticed the strange changes occurring around Max.

"Wait..." Jonathan muttered suddenly, his expression shifting into visible shock.

Julie immediately turned toward him.

Jonathan’s eyes remained locked firmly onto Max as disbelief slowly appeared within them.

"He’s comprehending Ray’s Pseudo Cosmic Path during the battle."

Julie’s expression changed completely afterward.

"What?!"

The surrounding geniuses immediately stared toward Max in disbelief after hearing Jonathan’s words.

Comprehending a Pseudo Cosmic Path during battle?

That was complete madness.

Meanwhile, Max himself had become increasingly immersed in the battle.

The surrounding world gradually faded from his awareness.

The shattered battlefield.

The surrounding geniuses.

The collapsing eighth layer.

None of it mattered anymore.

Only Ray’s spear remained within his vision.

Only the structure hidden behind the Pseudo Cosmic Path remained within his mind.

He was beginning to understand it.

Beginning to glimpse the road beyond ordinary concepts.

His comprehension surged wildly as his Emotion Severing Cosmic Path continuously evolved deeper and deeper.

And just as Max’s rapidly advancing understanding seemed on the verge of producing a true breakthrough—