Translator: CinderTL
Boom!!
In the mountain forest, another metallic fist slammed out.
The Force Field shield protecting Liu Bo shattered completely. The powerful impact struck his chest, denting the metal armor beneath his gentleman's suit by several centimeters. The elderly figure's legs plowed through the earth, snapping several green trees before sliding more than ten meters.
"Cough... cough..."
Blood trickled from his lips, and his usually meticulously groomed gray-white hair was now slightly disheveled.
Liu Bo clutched his chest with his right hand, his face pale, cold sweat dripping down his forehead. He stared fixedly at the silver-gray metallic figure slowly retracting its fist and advancing toward him.
"Old man," Zhong Yan sneered, his fiberglass blue eyes gazing down indifferently. "At your age, you're still coming out to die?"
Like a predator stalking its prey, Zhong Yan slowly approached, deliberately provoking Liu Bo.
"Tell me where Lin Hao is, and I'll give you a quick death."
The threat echoed through the forest. Xu Heng, in his flying car hundreds of meters away, heard the commotion. Curiosity flickered in his eyes; he, too, wanted to know where his cousin was hiding.
But the answer he anticipated never came. Instead, Liu Bo's aged voice rumbled with a dull resonance.
"Why would Skyway Shipping aid such a villain?"
"What Xu Heng can offer you, my Young Master can offer as well."
Liu Bo clutched his chest, gasping for breath. The last two tattered Flying Shuttles, having returned to defend him, hovered on either side.
"Heh, just him?" Zhong Yan sneered, standing a few meters away. Her silver-gray metal shell seemed indestructible. "A fallen man who left Yun Port, a stray dog."
"Let me guess, he probably poured his entire fortune into this old bone of yours, didn't he?" Her voice dripped with mockery as she tapped her helmet with a slender finger.
She knew from her intelligence reports that her opponent was only at the Fourth-Tier level. This upgrade, though its origins were unknown, must have cost a fortune.
Liu Bo fell silent, while Lin Hao in the underground base clenched his fists, feeling helpless.
It was true. They had exhausted all of Tian Hao Security's accumulated wealth, plus the last resources Liu Bo had inherited from his father. Cultivating a Fifth-Tier Modified Human was already his absolute limit.
"Besides," Zhong Yan suddenly said, her fiberglass blue eyes flashing with an eerie light, "do you really think I'm only here for profit?"
Liu Bo frowned slightly. Then: "That Flame Tiger Grandmaster keeps ruining my plans."
"Heh... If I crush you and Lin Hao together, I bet he'll be heartbroken, won't he?"
A flicker of vengeful satisfaction crossed Zhong Yan's face. Magnetic energy coalesced around his metallic body, and silver arcs of electricity crackled between his palms.
In the underground base, Lin Hao's face turned pale, while Aunt Mei and the other person on the concrete road grew increasingly anxious.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The explosions continued to erupt, but even after deploying their final trump card, they struggled to break through the encirclement of the three opponents.
Let alone rescuing Liu Bo, or charging toward the flying car to threaten Xu Heng as a hostage.
"How pathetic," Xu Heng sneered from the back seat of the flying car, as if he already knew the outcome. "The most loyal old dog is about to die here."
"My cousin, you're truly ruthless, hahaha!"
His taunting words were punctuated by arrogant laughter. Watching the scene unfold on the screen, Lin Hao saw Zhong Yan stomp the ground and charge forward, brutally repelling two flying shuttle attacks.
Lin Hao's tightly clenched nails pierced his skin, and bloodshot veins appeared in his eyes.
Had he made the wrong decision?
So wrong that he was about to lose the last family member he trusted?
"Die!"
Zhong Yan's face was alight with smug satisfaction as he sneered and closed to within a meter of Liu Bo.
Buzz!
A blinding silver magnetic light erupted, propelling his fist forward with a force that nearly shattered the sound barrier.
A wave of cold dread washed over Liu Bo as the silver fist print drew closer, and his life flashed before his eyes like a fleeting carousel.
After following Master step by step to the position of Group Director, I had finally glimpsed the peak of Yun Port's landscape. Yet, I was forced to leave the Secret Realm with severe injuries.
My equipment was severely damaged, and my strength had plummeted below the Fifth-Tier. I could only lead Young Master to a hasty retreat from the ensuing struggle.
Tossing and turning, I gradually found solace.
But in the end...
"Young Master, take care of yourself."
A sudden smile flashed across Liu Bo's face. He flipped his palm, revealing a specially crafted high-grade compressed explosive.
With a hum, a blinding light seemed to gather within, poised to erupt.
"No!!!"
Lin Hao roared, his voice filled with despair.
Aunt Mei and the others paled, while Zhong Yan, standing just inches away, widened her eyes in shock.
This madman!!
The world seemed to freeze for an instant, the relief on Liu Bo's face piercing their hearts.
The explosion was about to erupt, and everyone trembled with fear.
Until—
Whoosh!!!
A streak of azure-black light tore through the sky, descending like a Falling Sun and crashing into the earth.
Boom!!!
The earth-shattering explosion shook the mountains and forests.
A plume of smoke billowed into the sky, but vanished in an instant.
The blinding light about to erupt was instantly extinguished. The figure kneeling on the ground slammed his right arm down, crushing the shattered silver metal body beneath him.
A fearsome, pitch-black horn jutted skyward as if to pierce the heavens. Crimson wings, like cicada wings, fluttered gently on its back, contracting and expanding. Crimson eyes gazed down, indifferent and violent.
"Why... did you dare come to Nanjiang?"
The deep voice rumbled, drawing attention to the heavy shoulder armor and menacing spikes.
Liu Bo's eyes widened in shock, and Lin Hao in the underground base wore a similar expression, as if frozen in place.
Aunt Mei and the others, locked in battle in the distance, paled instantly. Even Xu Heng in his Flying Car stiffened.
"You..."
The metallic body beneath the creature's foot shattered and cracked, exposing various metal components to the air.
Beneath the silver-gray helmet, Zhong Yan stared in horror at the pitch-black figure looming before her. She couldn't comprehend why it had appeared here.
"You can't kill me."
Zhong Yan struggled to speak, knowing that if she returned to the Deep Sea, she might not be revived for an unknown amount of time.
"I can offer you everything Chen Feng promised, and Skyway Shipping will avenge me."
"You can't..."
BOOM!!
A fist slammed down, shaking the ground.
The silver-gray metallic head exploded into dust, and the fiberglass blue eyes shattered and vanished.
The lingering intangible consciousness was about to transform into code, merging with electromagnetic signals and departing this place.
But in the next moment, a powerful mental storm descended, relentlessly erasing all traces of the consciousness.
One second... two seconds...
After confirming there were no lingering threats, Chen Feng watched the metallic wreckage crumble into its final essence, a metallic panel.
He rose to his knees, slowly retracting his heavy, dark-green right arm.
The deep pit in the mountain forest fell into a brief silence. Chen Feng glanced at Liu Bo, still in shock beside him, and at the fleeting flash of white-gray within the forest.
Everything had been too close. If Stone Statue No. 3 hadn't happened to spot Zhong Yan and issued its call, he might have missed this entire scene.
So...
His gaze shifted, focusing on the flying car hundreds of meters away in the sky and the concrete ground below.
The cyborg and the modified human were still locked in combat. Inside the flying car, Xu Heng's eyes widened in surprise, shielded by a powerful force field.
"You'll all stay here forever."
Whoosh!
Chen Feng's figure flashed, his blood wings fluttering.
Dust swirled in the mountain forest pit as a dark-green afterimage shot through the air, covering a hundred meters in an instant with a deafening roar.
"Stop him!!"
Xu Heng's expression shifted slightly as he urgently commanded.
Chen Wu, in the Flying Car overhead, frowned and immediately adjusted the cannon's barrel, aiming at Chen Feng.
Boom!!!
A blinding blue arc of light flashed across the sky, striking Chen Feng with uncanny accuracy.
The concrete road beneath him shattered into a cratered wasteland as the dark figure crashed to the ground, collapsing a massive pit over ten meters wide.
Dust billowed into the air, causing Aunt Mei and the others to pale. Xu Heng, however, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just as I thought—another fool like him."
Buzz!
Before the thought could fully form in his mind, the Blood Wings shuddered, and the dust dispersed.
In the next instant, the dark figure, encased in thick armor, had teleported to the side of the car, standing before Xu Heng completely unharmed, their gaze cold and indifferent.
"Impossible!!"
Xu Heng's face drained of color, while Chen Wu in the air stared in disbelief.
How could a portable Sniper Cannon capable of shattering Radiant Alloy not even scratch him?
Had he installed a Sixth-Tier Force Field Device?
Or was his metallic body infused with a massive amount of Stellar Titanium?
Boom!!!
The answer came in the form of a brutal punch.
The dark fist slammed against the specially reinforced Fifth-Grade Force Field, causing visible cracks to spiderweb across the blue energy shield.
Even the golden Flying Shield protecting the surface shattered, on the verge of exploding.
"Chen Wu, save me!!"
Xu Heng, startled in the car, turned pale and shouted urgently.
The Peak Fifth-Tier Modified Human in mid-air frowned. Without hesitation, he dropped his Sniper Cannon and leaped down.
Buzz!!
Arcs of blue electricity converged on his arms, resembling two rockets descending from the heavens, tearing through the sky.
"Friend, get out of the way!!"
Lu Jian, far in the distance, shouted a warning, only managing to restrain the Cyborg in front of him.
Aunt Mei, who was suppressing the Giant Axe Mech Warrior, wore a grave expression, fully aware of the terrifying power of a Peak Fifth-Tier Modified Human in close combat.
A single punch from such a being could unleash the force of a portable Sniper Cannon, not to mention the ability to close in and unleash a series of rapid strikes.
Boom!!
Yet, the punch landed.
The shadowy figure, unexpectedly, didn't retreat. Instead, it stood its ground, enduring the full force of the blow.
The concrete road beneath them sank, causing a ten-meter-wide area to collapse by half a meter.
The shadowy figure's head, with its single black horn, tilted slightly. Its crimson fiberglass eyes fixed on the figure before it—Chen Wu, the Peak Fifth-Tier Modified Human, whose entire body was enveloped in a protective layer of flowing blue liquid metal.
"Are you tickling me?"
The tilted head slowly straightened, and a deep, synthesized voice rumbled.
Chen Wu's expression shifted. Ignoring the drain on his energy, blue arcs of electricity erupted from his arms, and he unleashed a barrage of punches like a machine gun, hammering Chen Feng's body.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Muffled thuds echoed through the silent sky, as white vapor and sparks exploded in rapid succession.
Cracks spiderwebbed across the ground, and debris and dust trembled continuously.
The other four combatants, locked in their own battles, widened their eyes in shock. They clearly saw a pair of pitch-black palms suddenly shoot out and seize the blue-glowing arms that were pummeling Chen Feng.
"You reek of death."
The deep voice spoke again, sending a chill down Chen Wu's spine.
The next moment—
Dong!!
The single-horned headbutt struck like a cannonball, a white vapor clouding into a perfect circle upon impact.
The Fifth-Grade Force Field covering Chen Wu's body tore open, and his blue metal helmet buckled inward a few millimeters, a hairline crack appearing.
Chen Wu's face was ashen with shock. His heart pounded in his chest.
My body is reinforced with Stellar Titanium! How could it be damaged in a single blow?
Chen Wu was shocked, enraged, and even felt a flicker of fear.
He was about to resist.
In the next instant, the restraints on his arms inexplicably vanished. Then, a thick, pitch-black right fist shot forward like an arrow.
Swoosh!!!
The air whistled as the fist struck with a resounding clang.
The Force Field was brutally breached once more, torn open like a festering wound.
The Golden Vajra Body in his chest cracked with a sharp kacha, revealing another fissure.
Then—
Kacha! Kacha! Kacha!
The crisp sounds continued, spreading like a spiderweb of cracks across his entire body.
"No!!!"
Chen Wu roared, his freed arms erupting with blue light as he struggled.
But—
Boom!!!
His left arm, now unconstrained, shot out like a coiling dragon, piercing through all defenses.
His body, reinforced with a trace of Stellar Titanium, exploded violently. Metal fragments and shredded clothing rained down like debris.
Looking down, his expression of shock and fury remained frozen on his thirty-something face.
His synthetic scalp had been torn away, exposing the metallic components beneath.
Then, a pitch-black foot stepped forward and pinned him to the ground.
"Pathetic," the figure said.
(End of the Chapter)
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