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Zhang Lingqi Intangibility in mid-air, covering his right arm, which had been broken by the purple lightning kick.
But there was no pain on his face; instead, he was laughing wildly.
He thought to himself, "I finally understand that pervert Du Linyuan."
Why do I often laugh hysterically like a Madman?
This kind of person carries the fate of the entire world and all people on their own shoulders...
The feeling of personally overturning all established cause and effect...
Not amazing, but definitely...
It was incredibly stimulating!!!
"You did it..."
"Something I never even dared to dream of!"
"Being personally hunted down by the Dragon God!"
Zhang Lingqi raised his head and stared through the shadow of the hood at the man opposite him who was bathed in purple lightning.
The murderous aura emanating from Jiangnan made it almost impossible for him to breathe.
The next moment!
Jiangnan's figure vanished from the spot, and he charged towards Zhang Lingqi once more!
"Whoosh!"
A leg flashed, sweeping across Zhang Lingqi's head!
However, it missed.
"Buzz..."
Zhang Lingqi's body rippled outwards, and the death phantom of the [Executioner] had already been activated.
In this state, unless he initiates an attack and reveals a weakness, any physical attack will be ineffective against him.
"It's time to go."
Zhang Lingqi thought to himself, then looked in another direction.
"There's still one person who hasn't been dealt with..."
He leaped upwards, transforming into a streak of black light, and fled towards the horizon!
"Boom!"
After Jiangnan's thunderous whip kick pierced through the afterimage, it forcibly stopped its momentum.
He slid for hundreds of meters across the ground, carving out a scorched furrow!
The moment he turned around, a burst of golden light shone in Jiangnan's eyes!
Lei Kai is out of commission!
The Eye of Mobius is activated!
Immediately afterwards, his figure flashed through the air and caught up with the fleeing Zhang Lingqi!
"Damn, that was really scary..."
Zhang Lingqi sensed the oppressive aura behind him and couldn't help but complain inwardly.
"If it were anyone else, just being locked onto by that murderous intent would probably have scared them so much they'd wet their pants on the spot..."
"However, I was prepared."
Zhang Lingqi suddenly pulled a piece of rotten flesh from his chest in mid-air.
He had just torn it off from a drowned corpse that was passing by on the beach.
"Open!"
He crushed the minced meat.
[Black Crow Messenger]!
"Buzz!"
Countless black feathers appeared out of thin air and converged into a teleportation portal in mid-air.
Zhang Lingqi flashed and disappeared into it without a trace.
Jiangnan teleported into the air, looked at the black feathers, and frowned.
Lost them.
But it probably won't go very far.
Just as he was preparing to expand his [domain] and conduct a large-scale, comprehensive search.
"Boom!"
The once peaceful Flat-Top Mountain Camp below was suddenly filled with a deafening roar!
Jiangnan looked down.
Smoke billowed everywhere, and gunfire erupted!
A towering tree suddenly rose from the center of the camp, soaring straight into the sky!
Something's happened.
Jiangnan sensed something was wrong and no longer bothered to pursue Zhang Lingqi.
He activated [Purple Firmament Thunder] again, and lightning armor covered his entire body.
Immediately afterwards, Jiangnan delivered a powerful kick from high above, striking the rampaging giant tree!
Let's rewind three minutes.
The Flat-Top Mountain Camp a scene of devastation.
After engaging in a fierce battle with Zhang Lingqi in Jiangnan, he left.
Guo Shuai, who had lost an arm, crawled laboriously through the mud and pools of blood.
He crawled to the pale body of the woman in the Circle.
"Circle... Circle, wake up..."
With his only remaining left hand, Guo Shuai trembled as he cradled Circle's head, his voice hoarse beyond recognition.
But they never received a response.
Although they only spent a little over a week together.
But on this Weird Island filled with bloodshed, we went through so many life-and-death situations together...
Guo Shuai had long since given up on this little monster who was always clinging to him and calling him "Daddy."
He treated him like his own son, whom he depended on for survival.
"Old Guo..."
Wang Meng rushed over with red eyes, and seeing this scene, he was equally distressed.
But when he opened his mouth, he had no idea what to say to comfort him.
Everyone else stood silently in the rain, just like everyone else.
Zhao Yan, in particular, gritted his teeth, his eyes bulging with anger.
He had just assured this group that the military would protect them at all costs, but the next second...
They were mercilessly slaughtered by Zhang Lingqi, who was nominally also a member of the China military!
"Aaaaaah!"
Guo Shuai hugged Circle's head and burst into tears.
"It's all my fault... I'm so useless..."
"If I were stronger... if I weren't so bad..."
"Circle wouldn't have died saving me..."
He kept blaming himself.
But just then...
"Daddy... Daddy..."
A barely audible sound suddenly came from there.
Guo Shuai was startled and lowered his head!
"Circle?! You're not dead?!"
"Great! You're not dead!!!"
He wept with joy.
But that wasn't a miracle; it was the final act before the Divine Fetus perished...
A final burst of energy before death.
Circle's tone was very mature.
"Daddy... don't cry, you look ugly."
"After Circle leaves..."
"Daddy should learn from others... and be more careful..."
Upon hearing this, Guo Shuai's heart sank to the bottom.
"No! That's not right! Circle, don't talk nonsense!"
Guo Shuai shook his head and shouted, "There's hope! There's definitely hope! Don't give up, okay?!"
"Doctor! Where's the doctor?!"
"Hoshino Hikaru! Ms. Gang!! Please come and save it!!!"
Hoshino Hikaru and Ms. Gang immediately pushed through the crowd and rushed over.
But...
After examining them, both of them lowered their heads in despair.
Hoshino Hikaru's healing abilities had absolutely no effect on Circle.
Ms. Gang tried to sew up its severed ends with needle and thread, but the needles and threads...
The moment it touched the Circle corpse, it flattened itself...
It's been directly Two-Dimensionalization!
That's rejection; it's incurable.
Ms. Gang gave Circle a deep look, as if she understood something.
"Little one, actually..."
You didn't need to do that at all.
"With your abilities, dodging that blow would be a piece of cake."
Circle looked towards the distant northwest.
That was its former home, in the direction of the Twilight Forest.
"I... have a premonition..."
Circle's voice grew softer and softer. "It was my mother... who told me..."
"If we don't do this..."
"Someday in the future, Daddy and I... will both die."
"Rather than... two people dying..."
"Perhaps, one of them should survive..."
A smile actually appeared on Circle's little face, which was decorated with a target pattern.
"Only... can Mother be born..."
Only then can we fight against it.
"What are you talking about?! What mother?"
"What confrontation? I don't understand!"
Guo Shuai hugged it tightly, crying his heart out.
"Please, please don't do this."
"The boss will protect us!"
"Our boss is invincible; he can solve any crisis!"
"Daddy... he's always like this..."
Circle weakly retorted, "Always wanting to... rely on others."
"The prison is very strong..."
"But he couldn't possibly..."
"Powerful enough to protect everyone..."
"Circle hopes..."
"From now on, Daddy can become a great help to the prison..."
"Instead of... a burden..."
No! I just want you to live!
"Circle! Please, please don't go!"
Guo Shuai burst into tears.
But Circle's mind was made up.
Its broken body began to emit golden light.
That is the full life force it contains as the [Divine Fetus].
These specks of light merged into the wound on Guo Shuai's broken right arm.
"Daddy... remember..."
"Give more to Circle... and burn some school district housing..."
"And wives... one isn't enough..."
"I need... twenty Circle..."
In his final words, half a joke and half a lingering affection.
The head and body of the Circle turned to ashes and scattered in the wind.
This was originally a fake funeral intended to deceive people.
On this desperate morning...
What was fake became real.
However, the person buried was someone else.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!"
Guo Shuai knelt on the muddy ground, clutching at the elusive ashes, and roared.
Everyone closed their eyes and bowed their heads in the pouring rain.
"Guo Shuai, please accept my condolences..."
"Let me stop the bleeding first."
With red eyes, Hoshino Hikaru stepped forward, wanting to help Guo Shuai treat his still-bleeding severed arm.
"Don't come near me!"
Guo Shuai sternly shouted to stop him.
He nearly went mad.
"I won't treat him! I'll kill him!"
"I'll tear that bastard in black to pieces!"
"Old Guo, calm down!"
Wang Meng hugged his waist.
"How can I calm down?! Tell me how to calm down!!!"
Guo Shuai struggled and pushed him away.
"Circle is dead! Dead beyond recognition! How can I stay calm?!"
Just as he was about to erupt in a rage and roar...
But he didn't even notice that his severed arm was starting to wriggle!
A tender sprout emerged from his flesh and blood!
"Aaaaaah! Why?!"
Why am I always such a loser?!
Guo Shuai held his head and knelt on the ground, pounding his fist on the ground.
"Yang Wei was killed by Bai Lianhua while protecting me!"
"Albert was possessed by Evil God while protecting me!"
"Circle was beheaded while protecting me!"
"In the end, I'm still a fucking piece of trash who can't even protect my own people!!!"
Accompanied by these heart-wrenching cries of self-reproach.
"Boom!"
The buds at the site of Guo Shuai's severed arm are now growing explosively!
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant tree with a radiant glow of gold and emerald!
And it's still growing upwards!
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
As the giant tree went berserk, countless branches began to dance wildly and indiscriminately throughout the camp!
"Smack!"
Wang Meng couldn't dodge in time and was almost whipped in two by a branch.
Fortunately, he possessed a strong physique due to his status as a top-tier expert.
Thanks to Xin An's quick thinking and intervention, he barely escaped with his life.
"Fire! Suppression it!"
The surrounding soldiers were terrified and raised their weapons to fire, but they couldn't harm him in the slightest.
"Stop! Scatter! Don't go near it!"
The well-informed Zhao Yan's eyes widened.
"This... this is..."
"This is the Divine Fetus..."
"The ultimate power bestowed upon loved ones after sacrificing oneself?!"
"They actually teleported and materialized the [World Tree] from Twilight Forest!!!"
Now.
"Ughhhhh!"
Guo Shuai screamed in agony.
His body is being enveloped by the tree!
In just over ten seconds, the World Tree had already grown to over a hundred meters tall and was still climbing!
"I... I can't control it!! Run!"
Guo Shuai, with only half his face visible outside the tree trunk, roared at the crowd.
He was about to become part of this [World Tree].
Everyone was at a loss and panicked.
And just then!
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion rang out from the heavens!
A bolt of purple lightning plummeted straight down from the clouds!
"Snap!"
The bolt of lightning struck from the top of the hundred-meter-tall World Tree canopy all the way down to where Guo Shuai was!
The raging purple lightning cleaved through the bark of the trees that were trying to envelop Guo Shuai!
"Bang!"
As the smoke and dust cleared, lightning flashed.
What came into view was a strange man completely encased in purple lightning armor.
He grabbed Guo Shuai, who was already unconscious, by the collar and pulled him out of the World Tree trunk!
At the same time.
First Sea Region, on the beach.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, the Machine God landed on the beach.
According to Berris's original plan, after landing, she should have immediately piloted the Machine God into the deep sea to try and secure the first kill.
But at that moment, she was forced to stop.
Because in front of her radar screen, a hooded man was blocking her way.
"Hey! Jiahao! Why did you suddenly stop Berris?!"
"I'm so upset! "Berris shouted.
"Don't try anything funny! You NPCs won't get your hands on Berris's head!"
Through the camera, she looked down at Zhang Lingqi, who was clutching his right arm and slowly approaching.
But for some reason, Berris felt something was off, as if something was missing.
"Strange, Berris remembers that this guy always had a weirdo by his side?"
"Forget it! If I can't remember, I won't think about it! It's not important!"
Berris gave a haughty snort, casting aside her distracting thoughts.
"No one can stop Berris from becoming the savior!"
Seeing that Zhang Lingqi did not answer but instead drew closer, Berris pressed him again.
"What exactly do you want? If you don't speak up, this hero is going to run you over!"
"Berris."
Zhang Lingqi finally spoke.
But what he said was irrelevant to the question.
But it was this irrelevant remark that stumped Berris, who prided herself on being fearless.
I felt an unprecedented sense of panic!
"Your Supernatural Ability... is Sequence 002, [Tron: Legacy]."
Zhang Lingqi raised his head.
"A Supernatural Ability that allows you to perfectly Fusion with machinery, but at the cost of becoming a weapon spirit."
"How... how did you know?!"
Berris's voice rose an octave.
Zhang Lingqi did not answer. He dragged his right arm and walked step by step to the area directly below the Machine God.
He raised his head, looked at the body, and said calmly.
"Squat down, and I'll tell you how I know."
I don't like it when people stand so high up... looking down on me.
Berris gritted her teeth in the cockpit, thinking to herself.
Did this guy take the wrong medicine today?
That's really strange, acting all mysterious.
But because of the other party's confident tone.
Furthermore, China and the China are already allies.
Without much suspicion, she controlled the Machine God and knelt down.
I wanted to hear what he actually knew.
And at that very moment, the Machine God!
Zhang Lingqi's lips curled into a smile.
"Now!"
He exerted his strength suddenly, and the scythe in his hand slashed down on the Machine God's waist!
"Bang!"
Sparks flew, and metal wailed!
"Yes, this is it..."
Zhang Lingqi struck successfully and showed no mercy.
He retreated at breakneck speed, muttering coldly to himself.
"In the previous playthrough, when this piece of junk was blown to pieces, this node was the first to break apart."
"In this life, I can't let you, little girl, meddle in the ocean depths in your mech again."
Without any hesitation.
Zhang Lingqi crushed and crushed another piece of rotten flesh.
The [Black Crow Messenger] portal opened, and he slipped inside again, disappearing without a trace.
"Aaaaaah! Jiahao, are you out of your mind?!"
Inside the cockpit, Berris, realizing what had happened, was so angry she jumped up and down.
"Are you still a three-year-old?! Berris just gave you a nickname!"
"Did you really have to get so angry that you attacked my mech with a knife?!"
Just when Berris thought the other person was simply childishly venting their emotions...
The next second!
"Beep beep beep beep!"
A series of alarms suddenly popped up on the Main Control Panel!
[Warning! The third kinetic energy transmission center in the lumbar region has been damaged!]
[Power source system damaged! Overall performance reduced by 40%!]
"What?!"
Berris was completely numb.
Although it's only a 40% reduction in functionality, this isn't a fatal problem for the Machine God.
It doesn't even affect normal movement or attacks.
But...
If you were to pilot this nearly half-damaged mech to the ocean floor to confront Gabetan...
That's tantamount to throwing your life away!
"That bastard..."
"Was it just pure luck, or did he truly have a clue about the Machine God?!"
While Berris was furious, she also sensed that something was wrong.
How could they know so much?
Her Supernatural Ability, and the weaknesses of the Machine God...
These are top secrets that even the president of the Eagle Country doesn't know!
Even Sullivan, the great man who developed the mechs, reached this conclusion after countless calculations!
How could this China soldier know all this so clearly?!
"Etc..."
Just when Berris was in a state of utter confusion.
Her gaze inadvertently swept over the holographic main control interface of the Machine God.
In those rows of menus...
She actually discovered something...
This mode option shouldn't exist!
Berris stared blankly at the screen.
[Supernova (Awaiting charging...)]
"What... what the hell is this thing?"
Berris was incredulous.
As the controller of the Machine God, she remembered it clearly.
Before I left the ship, in the system...
This mode doesn't exist!