Blow You Up, You Old Bastard (6500)

"Also a [Divine Speed] user? Martial Artist has actually come."

As Rein looked at the flashing figure behind him, his expression changed slightly, and he immediately guessed the other party's identity.

The only one who could appear alongside Uhm and be this strong is probably his teacher, the Grandmaster Rocky Lefar, the number one fighter in Omar.

If it were any other professional, such as a magic user or a heavy armor user, Rein felt that he would have been far away by now, but a top-level fighter just happened to appear.

"This is really troublesome."

Rein frowned, but his pace was not slow.

If it were Fourth Tier, he would be somewhat confident in either fighting or fleeing. But facing this fifth-tier peak Martial Grandmaster, Rein had absolutely no intention of encountering him.

There's absolutely no way to beat them, and no way to escape them.

Whether in terms of fighting spirit or muscle power, the opponent far surpasses him.

That guy's teleportation distance with a single [Divine Speed] is several times that of mine, making chasing people seem like child's play. If it really came down to a battle of attrition, Rein would absolutely have no chance against a Fifth-tier Extraordinary Perfection cultivator.

However, the only good news is that only one person came from the other side.

At that moment, Rein's accumulated fatigue from his continuous rampage finally erupted.

My body temperature was also rising rapidly, especially in my legs, which felt like they were being burned by flames, and the sensation was getting stronger and stronger.

The mature Bloodline Worms granted him exceptionally strong meridians and muscle resilience. Although his continuous use of [Swiftness] for burst attacks hadn't ruptured muscle fibers or tendons, the heat generated by the intense exertion was accumulating. If he didn't stop soon, he might completely "shut down" without his opponent even needing to make a move.

Moreover, the distance is getting closer and closer, and if we keep running away, we'll get verbally attacked sooner or later.

"Looks like I have to give it my all."

Looking back at the relentless voice chasing after him, Rein pursed his lips, glanced at the surrounding terrain, and instantly came up with a feasible plan.

As he ran, he didn't stop either, taking out several grenades from his Storage Ring and throwing them out.

Yes, that's right, it's a hand grenade.

The "grenade" is about the size of a pineapple, both in shape and size.

This is the Goblin Grenade Blueprint found in that Goblin Ruins, the first batch of prototypes that Old Man Tuster reconstructed.

When Rein went out to gain experience, he also brought a group of people with him.

There are actually "fuse grenades" on the market, but very few people use them.

The shortcomings of that kind of "thunder" are obvious: it needs to be thrown by hand, ignited, has a short range, and causes indiscriminate damage. Furthermore, the burning fuse is easily predicted, and even low-level Transcendent can easily avoid it. Unless it's a large-scale war, very few people use such rudimentary bombs.

However, the "pineapple grenade" that Rein threw was completely different. It had no open flame combustion device. Pulling out the safety pin would trigger the fuse with a spring-loaded pin, causing an explosion.

It is concealed and still controllable.

Due to its special design, the grenade contains a device for precisely controlling the delayed explosion.

The grenade explosion was completely controllable.

And since the enemy's pursuit is always in a straight line, Rein doesn't need to aim at all; he can just throw grenades on the spot.

If you time it right, the enemy will catch up and explode right at your feet.

With the computing power of the "Mind Core," Rein didn't need to think for himself. He could simply use the formula to calculate the relative speed and immediately know how long it would take for Rocky to reach his current location.

Every time it's fired, it hits its target.

If they're far apart, throw a few grenades with longer delays; if they're close, throw a few with shorter fuses.

Rein didn't expect the grenade to kill anyone, but it would at least cause some trouble for that Rocky Lefar.

Like a hen laying eggs, Rein threw more than a dozen grenades along the way.

A series of explosions rang out, sending up bursts of intense flames and billowing yellow sand. But aside from slightly delaying their own capture, they did absolutely no harm to the enemy.

"I'd heard from Bazel that Grandmaster- level Martial Artist could catch cannonballs with their bare hands, and it's true!"

He muttered to himself, knowing that the subtle action of throwing a grenade couldn't possibly escape the perception of a top-tier expert.

At first, Rocky also saw the strange iron lump on the ground, and did not dare to be careless, so he avoided it, which delayed the chase.

However, after several explosions, the opponent realized that the intensity of the explosions was not that great, so they did not waste any more time and charged straight at the center of the explosions with their battle aura armor, constantly narrowing the distance between them.

Before long, the two were less than 100 meters apart.

I'll probably be caught in the next second.

At that moment, Rein suddenly stopped, and a "super pineapple bomb" taller than a person suddenly appeared next to him.

"Stop!"

A loud shout.

With a detonator still clutched in his hand and a look of suicidal intent on his face, Rein glared at the masked man who was chasing him and roared, "This is a pressure detonator! If I loosen my thumb, it will explode immediately, and then we'll all die together!"

"Hehe."

Rocky saw that Rein had stopped, so he was naturally no longer in a hurry.

He glanced at the giant bomb, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

Pressure detonator?

It sounds like a pretty novel term.

However, this did not make the Martial Grandmaster feel any sense of crisis.

He felt that the other party knew nothing about the abilities of top-tier Transcendent. Something that required a trigger time posed absolutely no threat to a top-tier Transcendent. The instant his muscles loosened was enough for him to dodge far away.

Besides, bombs?

Even if it were hundreds of times larger than the one before, it would pose absolutely no threat to him.

Perish together?

Impossible

Once detonated, it will ultimately only kill the person who detonated it.

However, Rocky stopped anyway.

Having observed him in secret for so long, he had long been filled with curiosity about the guy in front of him wearing Crow Mask.

When his two personal disciples were severely injured, Rocky was quite surprised. How could there be such a fighting genius among the Third Tier Extraordinary?

But since the two disciples were simply less skilled, there's not much to say.

It was only after the battle with Uhm that he was truly amazed by his extraordinary abilities.

In the Grandmaster's view, once his closed-door disciple possessed the [Strength Totem], he would be virtually invincible within the Third Tier. Even against a typical Fourth Tier expert, he would have a considerable chance of victory.

But to everyone's surprise, they were unable to remove the mysterious boy wearing the Crow Mask.

Then, when the man suddenly broke out and fled, Rocky realized that not only had he failed to capture him, but that the crow man had been showing weakness all along, and seemed to have been on guard against him all along!

This puzzled him greatly; how had the other party discovered his presence?

Rocky didn't approach. His intuition told him that this guy was very cunning, and getting too close might cause some trouble.

Even from dozens of meters away, his face flushed but not out of breath, he asked curiously, "Kid, who exactly are you?"

I have to admit, Rein's performance was absolutely amazing.

Although the escape was sloppy, his speed was unmatched by any other Third Tier Extraordinary being, and was almost on par with Fourth Tier full-agility assassin.

He also discovered that the other party's fighting spirit, martial arts skills, strength, and physique were all strange and completely unpredictable.

This left even a well-informed Martial Grandmaster like him full of doubts.

"Me? Just a nobody."

Upon hearing this, Rein glanced at him and gave a casual reply.

He then changed the subject and asked in a cold voice, "However, you are at least Martial Artist arts master, how dare you so brazenly hunt down a mere fighter like me?"

He didn't reveal the other party's identity, and he was certain that the other party wouldn't directly kill him.

Those masters above the grandmaster level, when facing an opponent two major ranks lower, would never resort to underhanded tactics like sneak attacks to kill.

Taking advantage of the lull in the verbal sparring, Rein quickly regulated his churning battle qi and frantically channeled the [Divine Healing Technique] into his leg muscles, trying to restore them to normal as soon as possible.

After a pause, he continued, "Aren't you afraid that what you did tonight will become a laughing stock in the fighting world? If you really want to kill me, aren't you afraid that my elders will come after you?"

This statement was a setup to foreshadow the next verbal attack.

Rein was certain that the other party would ask about his lineage.

Sure enough.

Upon hearing this, Rocky showed no further inclination to attack, and calmly asked, "Who is your master?"

He naturally realized that Rein was planning to use verbal sparring to buy himself some breathing room.

However, I didn't pay much attention to it.

Because this doesn't change anything.

He was very confident that at this distance, no one could escape from him!

But what Rein just said is indeed the reason why he didn't act immediately.

The circle of top-tier fighters is very small, and the vast majority of them are acquaintances.

Besides, we were already in the wrong tonight.

He was ambushed and killed, his disciple was no match for him, and for a titan of the martial arts world to take on a junior was already beneath him. To then resort to unreasonable tactics and kill him outright would be too much of a loss of face.

Of course, this is on the premise that he doesn't know Rein's identity.

If he knew that Rein was the same guy who was inside the Giant Flower's belly with Bazel and the others, Rocky would definitely capture him first, after losing face.

The conversation gave Rein a chance to catch his breath, and the burning sensation in his leg finally subsided, but he still needed more time.

Assuming the other party wouldn't make a move, Rein continued his verbal sparring, saying, "I studied martial arts for a period of time under Qiang Hu and Grandmaster Carpon in City of Radiance."

This statement is ambiguous. While he did learn his martial arts skills from the Grandmaster, he cannot be considered either of their disciples.

But to others, these words seem different.

To have mastered the Six Styles of Profound Mystery to this extent, even if one hasn't yet achieved complete mastery, is something only a direct disciple could accomplish.

He said this because he knew that Grandmaster Qianghu and Grandmaster Rocky had a great relationship!

"Oh? You're Qiang Hu's disciple?"

Rocky listened, his expression showing little surprise.

He naturally noticed that, as he had said, Rein's punching style was a combination of Qiang Hu's "Overlord Tiger Style" and some of Capone's "Kyokujin Style".

Although I don't understand how Rein can use the Qi Master's [Sky God Strike], his other ultimate Profound Martial Technique are practically identical to those of Qiang Hu.

He was convinced from the outset that even if Rein wasn't Qiang Hu's illegitimate son, he was still his most prized disciple.

By all accounts, Qiang Hu is actually Rocky's junior apprentice.

If the relationship he suspected was true, he might have to let the man go tonight.

Of course, this is on the premise that all the questions he is curious about are answered first.

However, it seems that the kid with the Crow Mask hasn't given up.

A calm, cold smile crept across Rocky's face.

Rein gave the other person plenty of room to think, but did not directly answer the question.

He disdains lying.

"Grandmaster, can't you let me go tonight?"

Rein changed the subject, saying in a neither humble nor arrogant manner, "If the opportunity arises in the future, I will definitely pay you a visit in person!"

"Originally, if you were Qiang Hu's disciple, it wouldn't have been impossible."

Rocky shook his head, secretly praising Qiang Hu for taking on a good disciple, but he didn't reveal his identity as the "grandmaster".

Although he was facing a "familiar disciple," this did not cause the Grandmaster to lose his vigilance in the slightest.

Rocky suddenly sneered again, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes, and retorted, "But you told me to release you, and then secretly planted those things. Why? Bombs?"

He paused for a moment, then reached out and grabbed at something in the air, creating an invisible suction force that pulled the object away from him.

With a "whoosh," a brick-sized object, resembling a dynamite pack, flew out of the sand to his left and landed in his hand.

If you listen carefully, you can also hear the clicking sound of a clockwork mechanism.

"Is this your sincerity in begging for mercy? A ticking time bomb?"

Rocky weighed the package in his hand and sneered.

He was confident that even if the pack of gunpowder exploded in his hand, it wouldn't hurt him in the slightest.

However, whether or not he could hurt someone was one thing; he was more curious about Rein's plan.

The next second, he directly exposed Rein's "little trick".

"You're quite the schemer, aren't you? You took advantage of the explosions to obscure my vision and senses, and set up all this stuff. You think that's enough to hurt me?"

"But I'm also curious, where did you get those bombs that don't need to be ignited?"

Rocky's tone was filled with more disdain than curiosity.

What's intriguing is that his nephew, Qiang Hu, took in a good disciple and kept it a secret from the entire fighting world.

What they disdain is that, for high-level fighters, firearms and mechanical products are nothing but "tricks and gimmicks," serving no purpose other than to shake one's martial spirit.

For traditional, established Transcendent, technology has always been considered a "crooked path."

In their eyes, its greatest contribution was creating the Mechanical City.

As for other individual combat devices, such as muskets and Mechanical Arm, they are simply not even worth the attention of top-tier Transcendent.

"You discovered it?"

Upon hearing this, Rein feigned composure.

But there weren't many surprises; once it was discovered, it was discovered.

Because he never intended to be able to hide it from the other party.

All that babbling is just to stall for time!

That "time bomb" was indeed planted just now while the grenade was exploding; the countdown on my retina showed it was about to explode.

"Didn't your teacher tell you to stay away from these strange and lewd things?"

Rocky wanted to lecture him in the tone of an elder of his sect, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his instinctive sense of danger as a top-level Transcendent made him feel that something bad was about to happen!

He frowned sharply, and then heard a very abrupt remark.

With a roar, Rein shouted, "Since you won't let me go, then let's die together!"

Did I run into a stubborn martial arts fanatic?

Upon hearing this astonishingly illogical statement, Rocky inwardly cursed, his first thought being, "Is this guy out of his mind?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Rein didn't give the other person any time to think it over and released the "pressure detonator" without warning.

Rocky's pupils constricted sharply, and he cursed inwardly, "Idiot! Who said I was going to die with you?!"

However, reality gave him no time to think it over, because the pineapple bomb, which was as tall as a person, suddenly hissed as it burned.

The Grandmaster's crisis response ability was already at its peak, which allowed him to react as soon as there were signs of loosening in Rein's fingers, and instinctively retreat.

In the blink of an eye, he retreated a hundred meters away, his entire body instantly covered in fighting spirit.

Although he didn't think the explosives could hurt him, he still took a very cautious defensive stance, but he was even more puzzled.

This idiot is out of his mind to commit suicide together over a single disagreement.

Rocky cursed inwardly, but also felt a pang of regret for the talent.

The bomb might not kill him, but that guy is definitely going to die!

Speak properly. I was originally planning to spare your life, but what are you now?

If word got out that Grandmaster like himself had forced a junior member of the same clan to his death, wouldn't he lose all face?

However, the next moment, the Grandmaster realized that he had been deluding himself.

From beginning to end, the only person the other side wanted to kill was him, the Grandmaster!

Rein never intended to "make peace".

He knew that if he were caught, he wouldn't be able to explain any of his secrets. Once the [Thunder Totem] was discovered, he wouldn't even know how he died.

The pineapple bomb exploded a second after he released the detonator.

However, it did not cause a violent explosion; instead, the outer shell shattered, revealing another strange device.

Then, Rein took off running.

"We've been tricked?"

Rocky, who had retreated a considerable distance, immediately realized something, but was mostly puzzled.

So, doing this will allow me to escape?

With a cold snort, the Grandmaster immediately prepared to rush forward and capture Rein first.

But at that moment, he suddenly noticed that the explosive charge he was still holding in his hand suddenly began to expand violently.

How sensitive are the senses of a Transcendent being at his level?

The moment the bomb in his hand was detonated, he immediately sensed the intense reaction of the burning fuse, and then threw it away.

Just a bomb

Rocky's expression remained unchanged.

To him, this gunpowder packet, weighing about one kilogram, was like a small firecracker to an ordinary person.

It's just a noise.

As for wanting to hurt him with something like that? You're really overthinking it.

But an instinctive sense of crisis made Rocky feel that something was wrong. He thought to himself, "Something's not right. That kid isn't bad at scheming; he doesn't seem like the type to do something so foolish."

Then, reality told him that his intuition was right.

Just moments before, the Grandmaster had ignored the explosive charge.

But the next second, his expression suddenly changed drastically!

Finally, just before the explosive charge reacted violently and burst into flames, Rocky suddenly realized something was wrong and exclaimed inwardly, "How can this explosive be so powerful!"

A tiny spark had already appeared in his eyes, but even this tiny spark already conveyed a terrifying explosive energy.

"This power is definitely not from ordinary gunpowder!"

Rocky understood instantly, but it was too late.

The explosive charge was thrown dozens of meters away and then exploded in mid-air.

Moreover, this isn't the only place.

This explosion seemed to trigger a chain reaction, with countless flames suddenly erupting from the surrounding sand.

How could there be so many bombs?

Before the violent blast wave completely engulfed Rocky, he finally understood everything!

"Damn it, we've fallen for their trap! That kid went around in circles just to plant these bombs. I'm right in the center of the bomb zone."

At that moment, Rocky finally understood.

Running in circles isn't a futile effort; it's a way to set up a minefield.

That pineapple bomb was just meant to distract him.

The opponent had no intention of taking him down with them; their real killing move was already hidden in the sand.

The "pineapple grenades" thrown earlier, besides deceiving Rocky's senses to plant the bombs, also made him preconceived that these explosive packs were just as "weak," leading him to underestimate them.

The reason he released that "pressure detonator" was because the other party had already anticipated that he would instinctively retreat and dodge, thus landing right in the minefield.

One thing leads to another, and if you take one wrong step, you'll make a series of wrong steps.

"I was careless."

Rocky's face turned cold, and he was instantly engulfed in the very center of the mushroom cloud.

In the distance, Rein, who hadn't run far, was thrown backward by a gust of air and landed headfirst in a pile of yellow sand.

He quickly scrambled to his feet, spat out two mouthfuls of yellow sand, and yelled, "Holy crap, even the aftershocks of a directional blast are this big!"

He glanced back at the small mushroom cloud at the center of the explosion and was deeply shocked.

He believed that with such power, he would certainly die at the epicenter of the explosion.

One kilogram of ordinary gunpowder poses absolutely no threat to a Martial Grandmaster like Rocky.

The combustion reaction is too slow; even the most advanced Transcendent senses can easily dodge it before it explodes.

But the powder packet that Rein just threw out was not ordinary gunpowder.

That was a special explosive made from the [Level III Demon-Breaking Gunpowder Formula] found in the Goblin Ruins.

There isn't just one formula for gunpowder; even the black powder, yellow powder, and green powder available on the market have different powers.

These recipes almost all originated from Ancient Alchemy.

The progenitor of alchemy was none other than the mythical goblin Goblin Civilization.

In the Ancient Goblin Civilization, the ancient goblin inventors classified and graded the power of various gunpowder formulas, organizing them into nine levels.

The formulas currently used in bullets and artillery can only be classified as level one in terms of power.

Some special high explosives can barely be classified as level two;

However, the [Demon-Slaying Explosives] that just exploded had a power level of three.

This is an unprecedentedly powerful gunpowder on the market, and of course, it is also the highest-grade gunpowder that Mr. Tuster has been able to find in terms of materials and formulation.

This [Level III Demon-Slaying Powder] is somewhat like TNT from the previous life. Its explosion does not require oxygen from the air to participate in combustion, the reaction is quieter, shorter, and more violent.

It also comes with a magic-breaking effect, specifically designed to counter Bodyguard Battle Qi and magic shields.

A level 3 explosive is about ten times more powerful than a level 2 explosive, and a level 2 explosive is ten times more powerful than a level 1 explosive.

Rocky, a martial artist, knew absolutely nothing about alchemy. In his mind, all gunpowder was the same and posed no threat.

A second before the explosion, he thought it was just ordinary explosives.

But to his utter surprise, this [Level III Demon-Slaying Gunpowder] was a hundred times more powerful than the "black powder" he remembered.

Therefore, even a top-tier Transcendent would have a hard time with this.

As for that pineapple bomb?

It was also a super bomb equipped with a directional explosive device.

The several hundred kilograms of ammunition exploded, creating a small mushroom cloud.

The reason for the delayed detonation was twofold: firstly, to allow Rein to run further away and avoid being affected by the blast.

Secondly, his action of releasing the "pressure detonator" gave Rocky the perfect time to retreat into the minefield.

A normal person seeing a bomb exploding in front of them wouldn't run left or right; their instinct would be to retreat rapidly. That spot just happened to be a minefield, filled with time bombs that Rocky had previously dismissed.

"Hopefully, this will kill that old guy."

Rein silently prayed, spat out a mouthful of yellow sand, and without daring to check the scene, ran away again.

He asked Bazel if this power could kill top-tier Transcendent.

Bazel said there was a chance, but not a high one.

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