Chapter 32: Chapter 31: Ferocious Warhammer! (Part 1)
Unfortunately, no one was there to answer his question.
Or rather, the person hiding in the shadows had already answered with their actions.
"SWISH!"
Over fifty kappas transformed into streaks of azure shadow, rushing toward the three of them.
"Zhao Lei!"
shouted the man with the diamond stud earring.
"HISS!"
In an instant, Zhao Lei’s body swelled to more than twice its size, his height nearing three meters.
All his clothes, save for his pants, shredded into tatters.
His skin took on a gray, metallic sheen—a truly impressive sight.
’Ripping his shirt off at the drop of a hat?’
’Way to go, Zhao Lei.’
"BOOM!"
He took a step forward, his right hand clenched into a hammer-fist, and slammed it viciously into the ground.
The ground instantly shattered. A dozen or so charging kappas at the front immediately fell in, trapped for the moment.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yun took out three gourds from behind her waist.
The gourds weren’t large, about the thickness of a grown man’s forearm.
She quickly pulled out the stoppers, and three streams of liquid gushed out.
They then fanned out, shooting toward the kappas struggling to climb out of the ground.
"HISSS!"
The sound of intense corrosion filled the air as the dozen or so kappas clutched their eyes, screeching and howling in pain.
This scene made He Xiaotian’s eyelid twitch. ’My whole body might be as hard as steel, but if that liquid splashed into my eyes, I’d be toast.’
He just couldn’t figure it out. ’Why were you all at the Zhongcheng Slaughterhouse, every last one of you, just lying there slacking off?’
’But now, at this abandoned factory, you’ve all turned into supermen.’
’One of you can bulk up to the height of that Pig Grudge, and his strength is terrifying.’
’He can shatter the ground with a single blow.’
’Sure, it was only a dozen meters wide and not very deep.’
’But compared to that night when a butcher was pounding you so hard your face went pale, this is already beyond all expectations!’
In mid-air, a dozen or so white phantoms coalesced and lunged at the man with the earring.
"Freeze!"
The temperature in the abandoned factory instantly plummeted to the freezing point, and a wall of ice materialized.
It sealed the phantoms directly within it, freezing them in place.
’?!’ This time, it was He Xiaotian’s turn to be dumbfounded. ’As expected of one of these exceptional individuals. His ability is actually ice, a force of nature.’
"Hah!"
Zhao Lei exploded with power, charging into the middle of the kappas and hammering them with his fists.
"POW!"
With one punch, a skull shattered, and the short creature died instantly.
’My Experience Points!’
’The kappas might be ugly, but they’re living, breathing Experience Points!’
At that moment, He Xiaotian was dying to shout, ’Stop! Get your hands off those kappas and let me handle them!’
"SQUELCH!"
Before he could make a move, Zhao Lei, who was in the middle of his rampage, suddenly went down.
The tip of a blade protruded from his chest.
Blood gushed out like a stream, pooling on the floor.
And a black shadow, holding a Tang dao, stood behind him.
"Hahaha! I’ve searched high and low, and you just fall right into my lap. With the blood of you three, it will be enough to summon an avatar of the Gluttonous King!" The black shadow tipped his head back and laughed, looking every bit the classic villain.
In that instant, it was as if someone had pressed the pause button in the factory.
Everyone froze, staring at the newcomer.
"You’re the mastermind behind the disappearances?" the man with the earring asked, his brows knitted. His eyes looked as if they wanted to tear the black shadow to shreds.
"Strictly speaking, I was the mastermind behind the Zhongcheng Slaughterhouse incident as well. But I have no patience to explain it all to you. When you’re dead, you can go to hell and ask King Yama about it."
Behind the ruined wall, He Xiaotian blinked.
’Dude, you’re not following the script!’
’From the looks of it, you’re already in complete control.’
’So why not share the joy of your victory with your enemies?’
The black shadow slowly pulled the Tang dao from Zhao Lei’s chest. With a wave of his hand, he ordered the remaining kappas, "Capture them! They’ll be used for the blood sacrifice!"
Our comrade Zhao Lei, who had just gone Unrivaled, was taken down before he even had a full minute to look impressive.
As the support, Zhou Yun naturally didn’t fare any better.
Her abilities were more geared toward crowd control. Even though she carried highly corrosive King’s Water, she couldn’t change the tide of battle.
The swarming kappas instantly overwhelmed her.
As for the man with the earring, although he had frozen a dozen White Evils, the kappas, now free to engage, soon rushed toward him.
As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands, let alone this many!
"Only a Black Evil can control White Evils. How can you, a human, command them?" The man with the earring struggled to hold his ground, a sword of ice in each hand fending off the kappas’ attacks.
’Have to admit, this guy’s got some moves.’
His ice swords were actually able to cut through the kappas’ Scale Armor and hard shells, which was why the horde had been unable to take him down.
"Heh heh, because I have this!"
The black shadow raised the Tang dao in his hand, generously answering the question.
After all, these three exceptional people who had suddenly appeared were about to become offerings for the blood sacrifice.
"An Adept!"
"Correct."
The moment he spoke, the black shadow moved, flashing over to the ice wall hanging in the air.
A flash of the blade, and the ice exploded.
The dozen or so white phantoms immediately lunged at the man with the earring.
"Freeze!"
He roared again, but this time, he wasn’t freezing the White Evils, but himself.
A giant ball of ice appeared, blocking all enemies.
"Come out."
The black shadow had, at some point, returned to Zhao Lei and Zhou Yun’s side.
The Tang dao in his hand rested on their necks.
"Surrender now, and I’ll spare their lives. Who knows, you might even be able to hold out for reinforcements."
He Xiaotian rolled his eyes. ’Of course I’d run into such a cliché, melodramatic plot.’
’Looks like it’s time to harvest some experience... Ah, pah!’
’How could a patriotic young man like me say something so crass?’
’I should say, it’s time to save the world!’
The man with the earring felt completely screwed. If he dropped the ice sphere, all three of them would be finished.
But if he didn’t, Zhao Lei and Zhou Yun would be killed on the spot.
’Despicable!’
’All Adepts deserve to die.’
Just as he was caught in this dilemma, He Xiaotian made his move.
And his move was an earth-shattering blow.
"BOOM!"
The ruined walls exploded, and an uninvited guest, wreathed in blazing flames, charged out, brandishing two iron hammers the size of grown men and covered in sharp spikes.
He charged straight for the black shadow, moving like a flash of lightning. His pair of heavy hammers swung down with unstoppable force.
"BOOM!"
The black shadow had no time for anything else and hastily dodged the fatal blow.
He was still human, still a body of flesh and blood.
One hit from those heavy hammers, and he would be instantly turned into meat paste.
Zhao Lei and Zhou Yun were sent flying by the immense shockwave, landing headfirst in a pile of people in the center of the factory.
"PTUH!"
Poor Zhao Lei was already seriously injured.
He Xiaotian’s hammer strike, packing tens of thousands of pounds of force, not only blasted a five-meter-wide crater in the ground...
...the shockwave alone was staggering!
’Adding injury to injury, but at least it’s better than being dead.’
’Besides, his ability is hardening his body into steel. He should be able to pull through, right?’
If Zhao Lei could hear He Xiaotian’s inner musings, he’d probably wake up from pure rage.
’Should be?!’
’You bastard!’
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