Dominating Evolution of the Cosmos

"You veterans are indeed old and crafty," Steve shouted.

However, he was mentally ready, stretching his hands out immediately to block the fist that was attacking him directly.

Bam!

Just as Parkes' fist met Steve's hand, a blue flame shot out from Steve's hand, then covered Parkes' fist with a cold airwave. The red flame on Parkes' fist was immediately extinguished by the blue flame.

"Ahhh!" Parkes yelled like a pig about to be slaughtered.

His hands turned dark, as the flames burned every inch of his arms. The pain of being burnt, paired with the cold sensation, was inexpressible by mere words. Thus, he just kept screaming.

At that moment, Steve had made use of the "Simulation Skill" that he had learned from the Apollo battleship. It was also the same skill that Collic used.

Steve had suffered quite a lot from this skill being used upon him previously. Although he did not use this skill as well as Collic did, it still worked wonderfully.

"Separate!" Helena rushed forward and hurriedly slashed towards Steve's arm, trying to separate him from Parkes.

"Get out of here!" Steve shouted, while he flicked one of his fingers lightly against Helena's knife. Almost instantly, he triggered the damage bounce attack of the Blessed Ring of Earth.

Bam!

Steve's finger collided with Helena's knife, and the Blessed Ring of Earth instantly absorbed Helena's power, bouncing the damage back.

Helena felt a huge powerful force coming from Steve's finger, which made her lose her grip of the knife in her hand. At the same time, she was thrown backwards. As she staggered back, her hands felt numb.

"You just used a single finger to bounce off my attack! You can't be that strong!" Helena was shocked.

If Steve was really so strong, it would no longer be smart to continue to battle, as her team could only await a crushing defeat. Others were also shocked by Steve's sudden change.

Steve seemed to be a totally different person than he was before. After all, he had almost defeated just a while ago. But now, he had overpowered Parkes and easily countered Helena's attack.

"Surrender, or my flame will burn your whole body!" Steve said coldly.

Parkes screamed non-stop. He tried to pull his hand back, but realized that Steve had a tight grip on it, so he could not break free. Moreover, the flame had spread from his arms to his chest, and was continuing to spread down to the lower parts of his body. If the flame continue to spread, he would turn as dark as charcoal!

"I... I admit defeat. Let go of me... " Parkes cried out in pain. He had no choice but to admit defeat. Otherwise, he would have been burned to ashes!

He could see that Steve had shown mercy. Otherwise, he would have controlled the flame to spread towards his head!

It was also obvious that Steve had suppressed the power of the icy blue flame. Otherwise, Parkes' hands would have been completely maimed.

As Steve let go of Parkes' hands, the blue flame disappeared. Parkes fell to the ground, lying motionless.

The medical team that was nearby rushed over and carried Parkes away. Silence fell over the crowd, as they were stunned by Steve, who had quickly eliminated Parkes and taken on three opponents at once!

Initially, Steve was threatened by the team of three, but now that one of them was already defeated, the threat was greatly reduced.

"It's your turn now!" Steve glanced over to Helena and Benson.

"Even with just two of us, we can still beat you!" Helena refused to accept defeat.

When she looked at Benson, the two instantly felt the need to cooperate in order to win. At that moment, a stream of water was spat out from Benson's mouth, striking Steve.

However, Steve looked calm, as the attack had not hurt him at all. He waved his hand, and six Ice Wing Flying Knives appeared, quickly becoming a shield in front of him.

Helena also launched an attack, throwing a burning dagger at Steve. Again, Steve was not affected. He controlled and expanded the Ice Wing Armor, increasing the defensive range of the shield.

Helena's flying knife, which was never meant to attack Steve, collided with Benson's water. Suddenly, the water turned into a flame. The burning flame then surrounded Steve, trapping him inside it.

"What?" Steve's facial expression changed greatly, as the current situation was beyond his expectation.

"You did not expect that that my water was a flammable liquid, right? Moreover, it can reach up to 100 degrees!. Plus, once activated, the burning flame can last for half an hour!" Benson sneered.

Steve's face looked gloomy. Although he was totally alert, the veterans had too many tricks up their sleeves and were proving to be very difficult to deal with.

The Defensive Energy Shield that was formed by the Ice Wing Armor then formed a hemisphere. Now that the flame was outside of the shield, it continued to burn at an amazingly high temperature.

Although the Ice Wing Shield could block the burning flames, the higher the temperature of the flames reached, the more they were able to penetrate through the Defensive Energy Shield. Right now, Steve felt as if he was in an oven, being constantly barbecued.

When the recruits saw this scene, they were shocked. Many of them murmured in awe.

"I thought Steve was going to win, but I didn't expect the veterans to have so many tricks up their sleeves!"

"This is bad. Steve is trapped and can't get out. If he delays, he will become dehydrated and lose miserably."

"No, Steve won't lose. He must have some way out."

...

The veterans thought that Helena and Benson were going to lose, so they were greatly surprised when Steve was trapped by this trick. Now, everyone expected the veterans to win.

Thinking logically, if Steve withdrew his Defensive Energy Shield, he would be burned by the flames. However, if he did not, the shield could only passively defend him. And, if that continued for some time, his having to support the shield would exhaust his original force.

At the present moment, the environment behind the shield was getting hotter and hotter, just like an oven. Even if Steve were not barbecued alive, he would certainly become severely dehydrated! Moreover, there was no way to launch a counterattack in such a restrained situation.

"Simulation Skill!" Steve yelled.

This seemed to restore his calmness a bit, although his hands were still burning with icy blue flames. He placed his big hands on the shield, and the icy blue flames covered it immediately.

On the outside of the shield, it was still that same scorching 100 degrees heat, while on the inside, the blue flames kept it icy and cool. However, cracks began to surface on the Ice Wing Armor, causing great damage to it.

This situation was akin to red hot burning steel being thrown suddenly into an icy cold environment. The rapid thermal expansion and contraction could cause serious damage to the steel, perhaps even causing it to directly disintegrate.

Steve saw more and more cracks began to form on the Ice Wing Armor. Yet, he could do nothing, so he closed his eyes and prepared himself to suffer the loss...

Bang!

The Ice Wing Armor was broken, the shield was gone, and Steve was covered by the burning flames. Everyone was startled. What Steve had just done looked suicidal!

"Is he crazy?" exclaimed Helena.

Just then, in the midst of the burning flames, an icy blue flame sprang up and instantly swallowed the burning flames, wiping them all out. In the end, the icy blue flame returned to Steve's body, and he stood intact, completely uninjured!

"This kind of flame again! What type of Fundamental Technique is this? Why is it so powerful?" Benson asked, a gloomy look on his face. He was remembering that Fat Parkes had been defeated by this kind of flame a while ago.

"It seems that the two of you have no other tricks, so the battle is over!" Steve said with a cold look.

Helena and Benson gritted their teeth, feeling helpless. They had used so many methods to force Steve into numerous desperate situations, but each time, Steve had easily diffused them.

Originally, they could suppress Steve with the advantage of their higher levels of basic cell values, but they soon found that Steve could exert more power than them. Thus, they no longer had the advantage. Even when relying on Fundamental Technique, combat power, and teamwork, they could not take Steve down!

Just then, Steve launched his counterattack. He controlled the Ice Wing Flying Knives, sending them in Helena's direction.

"With these six flying knives, you think that you can beat me? You are too naive!" Helena sneered. "Even if we can't beat you, you will never defeat us."

She quickly backed away, avoiding one of the knives. One of her daggers blocked another flying knife at the same time. Eventually, she had blocked all six flying knives.

"You are the naïve one!" Steve said quietly. "Look at the back of your neck."

At that moment, Helena suddenly felt a chill at the back of her neck.

"A seventh flying knife? It's impossible. How could this flying knife have escaped my senses?" exclaimed Helena.

The seventh flying knife was a hidden secret weapon that Steve would only use when absolutely necessary. Even though Steve had the advantage, it was still tough to defeat all three of them. So, he had to resort to using his secret weapon.

If I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead. Are you going to surrender now?" Steve asked calmly.