The powerful shockwave first transformed into a massive energy storm. Then the energy storm triggered a spatial storm, continuously extending folds in space outward. Everyone aboard the star destroyer felt intensely seasick, as if they had crashed into monstrous waves amid a raging storm.
"How did you block that?"
Hercules looked down from above. For the first time, his expression changed as he stared at Gao Gong, whose arms were like small shields and had barely moved at all. He found it extremely difficult to understand.
Species of different tiers had limits to their strength.
Even if his opponent had reached the upper limit of a second-tier species, logically speaking, he still should not have been able to withstand a single punch from him.
"Looks like you've barely developed your fruit's abilities," Gao Gong said lightly. Over the past three months, he had forcefully farmed 2,000 attribute points, bringing his basic attributes to the fourth tier and even allowing him to touch the threshold of the fifth.
This was also the power of the fruit.
Amid the sea of radiant rain, Gao Gong's body suddenly entered a semi-mechanized state. The carbon-atom reactor blazed brightly, while countless ion thrusters emerged from his shoulders down to his feet. The aura radiating from his upper arms, forearms, fingers, and other areas was especially unpleasant to Hercules.
"A construct? What a pity that it's only a low-level construct. Don't even talk about cutting through my gene sequence—you can't even cut through my flesh!"
"Is that so? Then take one of my punches."
Without any preparatory movement, Gao Gong threw a punch in return.
Although it was merely a simple punch, the biological computer performed an overloaded calculation, incorporating every possible defensive variation into it.
At the same time, the Zombie Fruit's ability activated. Within