Chapter 247: An excuse
"Whew."
Lin Hao reined in his qi and blood. Only then did he feel the strains and soreness throughout his body, which left even him marveling.
"My body conditioning was reinforced by the Dragon Lizard Battle Armor, yet just that brief clash left me with muscle strains. An Epic powerhouse really is terrifying."
After a rough assessment, he figured that even without strategy or ambushes, his cheats could still let him put up a fight head-on.
But ultimately, his chances of losing were probably greater!
Sure enough, he had been right not to wait passively in the city.
Either take the initiative or head back first to consolidate his gains. Those were his only two options.
"That's how battles work in this world. Victory and defeat are decided in an instant."
Lin Hao pulled out his spear, then crouched down to search the corpse.
Li Yanbing and the other two followed him over.
With their reactions and anticipation, along with Li Yanbing's Domain Formation realm, the three top experts were capable of influencing a battle at this level using ranged weapons.
They had been taking potshots all along.
"Without armor, an Epic powerhouse can only block with weapons or withstand attacks using Qi-Blood Flame. His flesh might take a few shots, but definitely not too many."
When Lin Hao thrust his spear into Gorek Shatterbone, the resistance he felt through it told him just how terrifying the man's body was.
The shortcut of qi-blood breathing, with its transformation beginning directly at the cellular level, had already made this fellow somewhat unlike a carbon-based lifeform.
His bones were stronger than ordinary metal, and his flesh was far tougher than rubber. Ordinary blades would struggle even to cut it.
"Ordinary handgun bullets would already struggle to do him