Chapter 178: Chapter 121: Defense Tower VS National Treasure Divine Artifact
"He’s just holding it in his hand!"
Then I’ll strike directly!
From 50 kilometers away, the General and his men watched the distant siege battle through a Detection Tower. They also saw what the middle-aged man standing on the outskirts of the battle was holding. Shen Fei instantly recognized it as his target: the Divine Artifact of Japan, the Nine-Phase Divine Bottle—the remaining 85% of its components.
Shen Fei didn’t know how Xia Country stored its National Treasure Divine Artifact, nor did he know how the little lolis from Ethereum Punk handled the three Divine Artifacts in their possession. But now, he saw Japan’s Divine Artifact being held so casually in someone’s hand. Shen Fei couldn’t care less about this person’s identity. Knowing his own immense power, he chose to strike directly upon seeing the item! This was the perfect opportunity.
In the distance, the main forces of Japan were tied up in the siege of the Neutral City and couldn’t come over. If they did, the siege would automatically end, and all their efforts would be for nothing. Therefore, the only ones free to act were a few dozen reserve personnel.
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Upon detecting his target, Shen Fei immediately commanded his vines to attack from range. His goal was to annihilate the group in one fell swoop and have the vines bind the Divine Artifact and bring it to him.
They’ve spotted me?
He watched as his vines, barely halfway there, were met by the enemy charging right at him. Shen Fei knew that striking immediately had been the right call.
The larger component, the 85% piece, must be able to sense the smaller piece in my hand...
"Attack!"
So what if they’ve found me? I’ll just force my way through!
Shen Fei instantly directed more than half of his vines to pierce toward the man holding the main component of the Divine Artifact.
WHOOSH!
Faced with vines swarming him from all directions like one of Japan’s tentacle monsters, the middle-aged man remained unhurried. With a flicker of his body, he vanished into thin air.
"Anti-Invisibility Tower! Forbidden Magic Domain! Gravity Domain! Detection Tower! Tracking Tower!"
From 50 kilometers away, Shen Fei saw his Vine Towers lose their target. He instantly waved his hand, deploying five more Defense Towers.
Pathetic little Ninjas, just a bunch of clowns! Invisibility? I’ll break your invisibility!
WHOOSH!
The moment the five Defense Towers were deployed, Shen Fei saw a group of high-tier Ninjas moving through the void, rushing rapidly toward him. The Ninjas had inherited their abilities for a week now, and their invisibility skills were nearly perfected. If Shen Fei’s Defense Towers hadn’t been of the highest tier, he might not have been able to spot them at all.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
With the invisible Ninjas’ positions revealed, clusters from Shen Fei’s Vine Towers attacked once more.
"Damn it! Fire the missiles! Fire all the missiles! Empty the stockpiles!"
The middle-aged man let out an unparalleled roar. His ankle was snared by a vine, and he watched helplessly as the Ninjas behind him were rapidly skewered like candied haws on a stick, even while invisible. Meanwhile, massive ice balls rained down from high above, slowing their proud Ninja speed by more than half.
Shen Fei held the remaining 15% of the Divine Artifact’s fragments. The fragments were more important than anything and wouldn’t be damaged by an endless barrage of cannon shells. Since most of his men were attacking the city and couldn’t be withdrawn, the middle-aged man directly ordered all the artillery on alert near Dongre City to fire.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Following the man’s command, tens of thousands of missiles from their final reserves, deployed nearby, immediately changed direction and launched toward Shen Fei. In an instant, missiles with long, burning tails streaked across the sky, converging on him.
"Screw you! Get down!"
Seeing the endless barrage of missiles fired his way, Shen Fei didn’t hesitate to deploy his Gravity Domain Defense Tower. Instantly, within a 30-kilometer radius of Shen Fei—excluding the spot where he stood—the gravity in all other areas increased ten thousandfold.
CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!
Never mind the rocks and trees that were instantly flattened; the very ground within the Domain sank by more than ten meters. The missiles flying in at high speed were instantly dragged down to the ground by the immense gravity. Under the effect of the super-gravity, the flames from the missiles’ thrusters sputtered uselessly, but the missiles themselves wouldn’t budge an inch.
Now that he was on Japan’s soil, Shen Fei unleashed all the Defense Towers he hadn’t used in Qing City. He had held back there, worried that the gravity would damage his own territory. But now, in Japan, he could let loose, completely unrestrained!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
After bringing all tens of thousands of missiles under control, Shen Fei used his vines to turn the struggling projectiles around and catapult them away.
"Die!"
Having dealt with the missile barrage, he paid no mind to where they ended up flying. Shen Fei’s gaze returned to the man holding the bottle. Although the man’s nimble Ninja Arts had allowed him to dodge countless vines trying to bind him, Shen Fei had long since woven a giant net of vines on the periphery that surrounded the entire area from all directions.
Now, the giant net was closing, ready to crush the middle-aged man in an instant, after which Shen Fei would retrieve the Divine Artifact fragment.
"Damn it! Go to hell!"
Just as Shen Fei’s sphere of vines converged, the middle-aged man pinpointed his location. To Shen Fei’s astonishment, the man actually threw the Divine Bottle in his hand toward him from afar.
"What the—! What are you doing!"
Seeing the Divine Bottle rapidly growing larger in mid-air, a wary Shen Fei immediately summoned a Golden Guardian to intercept it. But to his surprise, with a WHOOSH, the Divine Bottle ignored the obstruction and passed straight through the Golden Guardian’s blockade.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
This scene gave Shen Fei a fright. He immediately refocused and placed twenty defensive Defense Towers around himself.
WHOOSH!
The Defense Towers had just been set up when the purple-black Divine Bottle had already grown to several hundred meters in size. Then, with a CLANG, it slammed down, trapping Shen Fei underneath.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Having trapped Shen Fei, the Divine Bottle continued to grow, all while emitting a soft, shimmering light.
"Chinese pig! How dare you covet a Divine Artifact! Thank you for delivering the lost Divine Artifact fragment to me!"
With Shen Fei and his Defense Towers trapped inside the Divine Bottle, the middle-aged Japanese man flickered into a phantom form and strode over, laughing loudly.
"Refine him for me! Nine Phases Power! Nine Gods Soul Refining! Nine Cold Shattering Body!"
Standing outside the massive, shimmering Divine Bottle that was now nearly a thousand meters tall, the middle-aged man quickly began his operation. He had originally been thinking about personally going to Xia Country to find the lost Divine Artifact fragment. He never expected it would fall into his lap so effortlessly, with someone just delivering the fragment to him. Moreover, this person had actually dared to attack him while he was holding the Divine Artifact. This was just perfect. He had long since tested the ability of Japan’s Divine Artifact to refine anything, just like the Yin-Yang One Qi Bottle from Xia Country’s mythology. Now that the person was trapped inside the bottle, he just had to wait for him to be reduced to a puddle of water, and then he could collect the Divine Artifact fragment he had brought.
"Hahahaha! A pleasant surprise, a truly pleasant surprise!" the man laughed heartily as he looked at the brilliantly glowing Divine Bottle. The Divine Artifact of Japan was finally about to be complete. His previous mistake could finally be rectified!
"Hm?"
A few seconds later, the laughing middle-aged man suddenly froze. He saw that the Divine Bottle was still growing larger, and soon, it was as large as the nearby Mount Fuji...
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