Chapter 353: Chapter 244: Mid-Battle Breakthrough, "Earth Pivot World Record," the True Great Lifebound Rune
It was also a veiled display of force, I suppose.
Because what happened today would definitely get out, and it would certainly make its way back home. In a way, he was also issuing a warning to certain factions back home.
’No matter who you are, don’t mess with me.’
On the surface, the neon lights of Las Vegas flickered amidst the smoke and gunpowder. Five attack helicopters hovered nearly a hundred meters in the air. The spot where Li Xiang and his group had been standing had been blasted into a deep crater, but the American officer knew those mysterious figures couldn’t be dead.
Suddenly, a figure burst up from the ground. He was clad in a strange but cool set of Armor, wielding a large, gleaming rod with two gold hooks. He rocketed into the sky and obliterated an Apache with a single strike.
It was none other than Li Xiang, wearing the Giant Whale Saint Armor and wielding the White Jade Golden Hook Rod.
Li Xiang was back.
"The Mysterious Man! That’s the Mysterious Man from the internet!" some onlookers exclaimed, recognizing him. Although Li Xiang was wearing different Armor now, everyone’s first thought was of the mysterious Black Armored Man that netizens from all over the world were scrambling to claim as their own.
Besides, it was all Armor. In the middle of the night, it all looked more or less the same.
Li Xiang landed atop a skyscraper. He kicked off, his body launching upward again, creating a soft sonic boom as he shot toward another Apache.
BOOM!
This Apache was also smashed to pieces by Li Xiang’s Hook Rod, exploding in mid-air as its wreckage rained down.
Seeing things were going south, the other three helicopters quickly gained altitude. At the same time, an F-15 heavy fighter and two F-16 light fighters, circling at an altitude of several thousand meters, received a request for fire support. However, to the pilots’ horror, their onboard radar couldn’t detect Li Xiang’s signature at all, and the fire-control system couldn’t get a lock on him.
"Can’t get a lock! Can’t get a lock..."
This information was quickly transmitted through the C4ISR neural network system on the three fighter jets to a classified location. An F-22 Raptor was scrambled.
But by the time the F-22 arrived, Li Xiang had already tunneled back underground and vanished.
In truth, even if the F-22 had shown up, it wouldn’t have been able to lock onto Li Xiang, who was clad in the Giant Whale Saint Armor and capable of moving at 5 Mach.
But it would have been nearly impossible for Li Xiang to hit the jet, either, because Li Xiang couldn’t fly yet. He could jump a thousand meters high at most, not nearly enough to reach an F-22 soaring at an altitude of over ten thousand meters.
Las Vegas grew quiet again. The US soldiers stared at the wreckage of the five downed Apaches, an indescribable terror filling their hearts.
’Was that even human? That had to be Superman, right?’
Earlier, the other three Apaches had already been trying to flee, rapidly gaining altitude, but the mysterious Black Armored Man had suddenly leaped up and swatted the helicopters out of the sky like flies.
For the final helicopter, he leaped nearly a thousand meters into the air. The massive rod in his hand seemed unstoppable, destroying the Apache in a single blow. The F-15s and F-16s had scrambled and fled into the clouds.
The onlookers in the city cried out in shock, snapping photos and buzzing with discussion.
Eventually, even the US soldiers couldn’t resist and started taking pictures.
Someone posted about it directly to an international website, recounting the event.
Many people, including some of the US soldiers, had recorded videos of the battle. But the footage was too blurry; it was nighttime, and Li Xiang moved too fast to be seen clearly. All that was visible was one Apache after another exploding like fireworks before their wreckage plummeted to the ground.
These videos also made their way onto international sites.
This kind of thing would be impossible back home. It just goes to show that US soldiers have no concept of confidentiality. Or perhaps they do, but state secrets were the government’s problem, while social media followers were personal. The soldiers knew their priorities.
US soldiers had to buy their own uniforms and pay their own rent; for them, being in the army was just a job.
Not only that, but the entire United States was structured like a massive corporation. In many companies in Europe and America, the relationship between departments was like the relationship between states in the US.
At this very moment, more than a hundred meters deep underground, Li Xiang’s entire body glowed with a yellow light, enveloping everyone as he led them on their journey through the earth, leaving a trail of amazed gasps and cheerful laughter.
Zhao Xueqing had been injured earlier, but after taking Li Xiang’s Spiritual Medicine, she had recovered somewhat. With Lei Xiaohui supporting her, she was largely alright.
Along the way, Li Xiang surfaced occasionally to use his phone’s GPS and check their bearings. Las Vegas was about four hundred kilometers from the Pacific Ocean. His Earth Escape speed wasn’t fast, but it was still nearly two hundred kilometers per hour. After traveling for a little over two hours, they reached the Pacific Ocean.
Upon reaching the coast, he released the Sea-Stepping Spirit Whale Ship. The hundred-meter-long, fully sealed vessel carried everyone as it submerged into the deep sea.
Once in the open ocean, they were truly free as birds in the sky or fish in the sea. Li Xiang didn’t dare to linger, guiding them until they reached a deserted island with dense forests and lush vegetation. He estimated they were now six or seven hundred nautical miles from the West Coast of the Beautiful Country. Only then did he lead the group ashore to rest and regroup.
Only now did he have time to examine the changes from his recent advancement.
The eighth Spiritual Power Vortex in his body had condensed in his spleen. In addition, a Lifebound Superpower Rune had awakened, and it now floated within this eighth Spiritual Power Vortex.
Notably, this Rune was different from the others.
The Runes for his other Superpowers were all transparent and crystalline. This new Rune, however, was not only larger and more intricate in its markings, but it also shimmered with golden light. Within its crystal-like body, wisps of gold thread shone with a divine radiance. Based on its appearance alone, it was far beyond any ordinary Superpower Rune.
Earth Pivot World Record.
It was an Earth Attribute Rune. It didn’t just grant the Earth Escape Superpower; it was a Rune that contained multiple Earth Element Superpowers. Judging by its name alone, it was clearly on a higher level than his previous six Runes.
