Chapter 1154: King of War

Chapter 1154: King of War

Li Changgong’s blade in his hand twisted slightly, ready to unleash the most ferocious strike to finish this battle.

Inside the Earth God Temple, Guan Longyue silently gripped the two puppets in her hands, her eyes never leaving the battlefield for a moment.

At the crucial moment she would act, preventing Li Changgong from delivering a killing blow.

However, the instant that Dimensional Gate opened, something happened that left everyone dumbfounded, something no one could have imagined.

It wasn’t Zhang Yi who stepped out of the Dimensional Gate. Instead, a cascade of multicolored objects fell from the sky, fluttering and drifting like a swarm of beautiful butterflies.

Qin Qigong’s eyes widened, Pagyi Gesang gaped in astonishment, Han Shanzuo loudly exclaimed in admiration, Shang Daowen adjusted his glasses and sighed, while Zhuque, Jiang Han, flushed red in the face and muttered that Zhang Yi was being indecent.

Because what filled the sky were not soldiers or weapons but a huge pile of clothing looted from department stores.

Many of them were even women’s undergarments!

This was supposed to be a solemn duel between two Epsilon-levels of the Huaxu Kingdom. That grave atmosphere was instantly disrupted by this absurd scene.

Yet that very unexpected tactic also threw the murderous Li Changgong into a split-second daze.

In that fleeting instant, the flurry of clothing in the air obscured his vision. Zhang Yi emerged from Dimensional Space, then immediately activated multiple stages of spatial traversal and rocketed skyward!

All Things Follow Traces could buy him two seconds, and for top-tier fighters, two seconds can create countless life-or-death opportunities!

Throwing underwear might seem ridiculous, but it worked.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yi was already more than ten kilometers above the ground!

Li Changgong reacted instantly, soaring into the sky and using No Distance Within the Six Realms together with Soaring Cloud Steps to give chase.

This time, however, Zhang Yi already had a counter for him.

When hiding inside Dimensional Space, time’s flow was unbearably slow, but his consciousness kept running at normal speed.

Those mere three seconds gave him plenty of time to think.

“Li Changgong, I’ve pretty much figured out your ability.”

“Everything can be cut through, yet everything can be avoided.”

“All things are illusory, all matters are permitted.”

“It seems flawless, without a single flaw. But I found your loophole!”

A smile tugged at Zhang Yi’s lips; he had discovered the exact weakness of Li Changgong.

It was—defense!

Although Li Changgong was a powerful military man with a massive physique and terrifying offensive power, his skill points seemed heavily invested in offense, while his defenses were sorely lacking.

Li Changgong’s strength, like Zhang Yi’s, came from using spatial-type abilities to masquerade as a tremendous close-combat fighter.

But his flesh-and-blood body remained mortal.

Without the protection of a combat suit, even a tiny bullet could end his life.

The problem, though, was that any incoming attack would be cleaved apart by his twin blades.

So, all that was needed was to make his attacks arrive slower than Zhang Yi’s strikes, and victory was assured!

Zhang Yi kept climbing higher. In a few short seconds he ascended more than ten kilometers above the ground!

From tens of thousands of meters up, he looked down at the earth beneath him: a silver-white panorama, the frigid air frosting even the outside of his combat suit with a thick layer of ice.

Li Changgong continued his frantic pursuit, but against Zhang Yi, who wanted only to escape, his speed was simply insufficient.

And the higher they rose, the more Li Changgong realized another problem—the temperature at high altitude was far below that at the surface. Though the ground was already sixty or seventy degrees below zero, as they climbed it quickly dropped to below one hundred degrees below zero!

His speed began to slow, his combat suit accumulated more frost, and the speed at which he could swing his blades suffered a huge impact.

A sudden chill struck Li Changgong’s heart!

He answered without hesitation.

“So that’s your plan, huh? Hah, you seriously underestimated me!”

Li Changgong assumed Zhang Yi wanted to take him to high altitude to limit his blade speed and defeat him.

Zhang Yi couldn’t hear Li Changgong’s words, nor did he care what Li Changgong planned.

Because now, he was ready to strike.

Everyone craned their necks to the sky, wanting to see how Zhang Yi intended to deal with Li Changgong.

High above, Zhang Yi and Li Changgong had opened up a great distance between them.

He waved his hand, and Manifold Phenomena expanded fully around him.

Three thousand gigantic Dimensional Gates unfurled, blotting out the sky and spreading for ten kilometers!

From those portals, countless dark metal rods slowly extended.

They were hundreds of thousands of firearms and cannons, many of them super large-caliber pieces that could only be used for city defense!

These guns and artillery extended from the Dimensional Gates all at once, and the sight stunned everyone who saw it!

After the apocalypse, heavy weapons were hard to transport and thus rarely participated in major conflicts—this was common sense.

Zhang Yi shattered that common sense.

Qin Qigong couldn’t help but say, “King of war.”

Indeed, one with spatial abilities who could bring countless heavy weapons to the battlefield would be a one-man army!

“Perhaps we should reassess his power!”

Qin Qigong believed that, considering his strength in group combat, Zhang Yi’s superhuman ability index should be raised a bit.

“But will these weapons work on Gouchen?” Han Shanzuo questioned.

“It looks badass, but effectiveness is what really matters!”

Shang Daowen lifted his glasses; mysterious light flashed in his eyes.

“Maybe, it might have some use!”

No ability or weapon is useless; what matters is how you employ it.

Zhang Yi’s tactic made Shang Daowen realize where Li Changgong’s weakness lay.

On the battlefield, Li Changgong looked up. When he saw the hundreds of thousands of gun muzzles and cannon barrels protruding from the void, cold and mercilessly aimed at him, his scalp tingled.

“So many weapons… where on earth did you get them?”

Don’t ask—ask Old Zhu.

Zhang Yi’s right hand pointed down at Li Changgong like divine judgement descending upon mortals.

“Taste what it’s like to be bombarded by several field armies at once!”

As soon as he finished speaking, countless weapons in the heavens roared with ear-splitting thunder, and bullets and shells fell like a rain of fire from the sky!

Distant thunder and a shrouded sky.

A massive meteor-like rain of flames completely engulfed the area within more than ten miles!

The speed of guns and the pull of gravity sent those munitions plummeting at terrifying velocity!

Li Changgong’s pupils constricted sharply; no matter how fast he was, he could not leave the rain of munitions’ coverage before all the rounds landed!

Now, his only option was to draw his blades and fight!

Author's Note