Chapter 377: Chapter 377 Bals (Subscribe)
Hearing the shout from behind, Pei Yan paused for a moment but didn’t turn back and continued walking forward. Shitang Longsi saw his disdainful look and shook his head with a bitter smile. Helplessness, anger, unwillingness, and disappointment lingered in his heart.
"Domain!" A voice rang in his ear.
He abruptly lifted his head to see it was the mechanical Pei Yan clone pointing an electromagnetic cannon at his forehead who had spoken.
"Domain, what domain? I didn’t feel any changes around your body!" Ignoring the danger of his head being blown off, Shitang Longsi shook his body and asked.
"The domain I comprehended after my fourth-tier awakening, others’ domains affect their surroundings, but mine affects myself. My domain is inside my body. Once activated, the system in my brain will be fully integrated with me, and my computing power will multiply geometrically, greatly shortening data analysis time. Indeed, your essence changed in this battle, but your fighting method only shows increased strength and speed without any novelty. With the previous data collection and my current computational ability, I can easily analyze your attack angles and intercept them. Likewise, analyzing how your essence changes only takes ten minutes at most."
Listening to the mechanical, emotionless voice of the mechanical Pei Yan, Shitang Longsi lowered his head again and gave a cold laugh. Ten minutes? Not finishing the opponent in ten minutes would have him completely analyzed. What kind of battle is this! He had already started fighting with all his might from the beginning, but he truly couldn’t finish the opponent in just ten minutes.
"I really dislike you, but you’re strong!" The cold voice of mechanical Pei Yan came again.
Shitang Longsi couldn’t even be bothered to lift his head, responding, "Thanks, but isn’t this really all of your strength? Why do you always manage to gain such powerful abilities so easily?"
This time, the mechanical Pei Yan did not answer his question. Pei Yan, who had already reached the center of the battlefield, heard the same words being transmitted to him and gave a bitter smile. Easy? Maybe to outsiders, it seemed easy, but each time he progressed, he risked his life. Engaging in a battle against the essence of his true self, he was fighting with a determination to die. Swallowing the four fragments sent by Lin Ruxue, he experienced wandering between life and death in the realms of Yin and Yang. The pain and insight within him at that time far exceeded what outsiders could see.
Achieving such accomplishments in just a year, he lost an arm and an eye, but he had no regrets, as this shortened the gap between a clueless young man and a master who had practiced for twenty years. These losses were negligible compared to dying on the spot.
Without allowing himself to think any further, after adjusting his condition, Pei Yan’s figure flickered and charged into the battlefield. His eyes quickly scanned the scene: Shangxing vs. Bai Ze, Xia Yu vs. Bals, Ye Jiumu vs. Hartman, and Zheng Jia Ru was holding off Lawrence and Mary in a two-on-one.
In terms of the battlefield situation, he should go help Zheng Jia Ru, but Zheng Jia Ru made a gesture indicating refusal, signaling he could still hold off the others. Pei Yan instantly understood his intention, that he should go help others and quickly eliminate opponents in a two-on-one to increase their advantage of victory.
With this thought, he looked around and ultimately decided to join Xia Yu’s battle. The battlefield was now chillingly cold, with fire burning outside towering ice pillars, reflecting brilliant light. But Pei Yan had no mind to admire this scene of ice and fire, and he flew down behind Bals.
Bals was in the middle of a fierce fight with Xia Yu. He finally understood what Catherine had told him and the painstaking care behind her words.
The woman before him should be the troublesome one she mentioned. Indeed, her ability was too strong, almost perfectly countering his own.
Gravity control! Attraction and repulsion—once he entered the opponent’s domain, he was tormented by this constant cycle of changes, at times like Mount Tai crashing down on him, at times as light as a feather rising from the ground, sometimes being forcibly dragged away, and sometimes being tossed far off into the distance.
This kind of battle was really a headache, and just as he was troubled, an unusual noise came from behind. His highly sensitive senses moved him abruptly, leaping from his spot.
Boom! Ice shards flew as an electromagnetic cannon blasted a deep pit where he had been standing.
"Damn it!" Bals jumped left and right to a safe spot. Seeing Pei Yan joining Xia Yu, he broke into curses, "Useless bastards, always clamoring for revenge and taken down in just ten minutes!"
"What ability does he have!" Pei Yan, landing beside Xia Yu and ignoring the curses, asked.
"Similar to physical augmentation, but more troublesome than usual, somewhat like Old Zheng’s ability. Extremely sharp reflexes, jumping out of my attack range several times before I could activate my ability," Xia Yu replied, wiping the fine sweat from her forehead.
Bals spat a mouthful of blood foam onto the ice, raised his finger at Pei Yan, and taunted, "Have the lovey-dovey couple finished talking? Are you planning to attack together or continue flirting here?"
"I’ll engage him in close combat, and you strike when you get the chance!" Faced with such childish taunts, Pei Yan couldn’t even be bothered to respond. After instructing Xia Yu, his figure transformed into a lightning bolt and vanished from the spot.
So fast! Bals was startled. The next moment, a whip-like leg was already sweeping towards his head. Hmph! Pei Yan clearly saw the disdain on Bals’s face.
He blocked it! The opponent raised a hand to block the kick and grabbed onto his ankle, pulling it violently towards himself. Boom! Another blast as Pei Yan’s electromagnetic cannon fired two shells at Bals’s head from mid-air.
Taking two electromagnetic cannon shots head-on, Bals retreated slightly, but the hand gripping Pei Yan’s ankle didn’t loosen one bit. Suddenly applying force, he pulled him closer, delivering a powerful punch to Pei Yan’s chest!
"Ugh!" A violent shockwave emanated from Pei Yan’s chest. Although his mechanical body couldn’t feel pain, Suzi’s analysis indicated the impact from this blow wasn’t insignificant. Without giving it much thought, as his body was injured, two more electromagnetic cannon shots were fired. After being hit by four electromagnetic cannon blasts in a row, Bals finally stumbled back, letting go of Pei Yan’s leg.
No dodging? No defensive measures? Taking four of my shots head-on? Even Shitang Longsi wouldn’t dare be so reckless. Could it be that this Bals also has some Substitution Technique?
Rolling back onto his feet, Pei Yan stared forward. As the smoke enveloping Bals gradually dissipated, Pei Yan and Xia Yu both showed expressions of disbelief at Shire’s current appearance.
His head had been half-sheared off by the electromagnetic cannon, and his chest was pierced, leaving a barrel-sized hole gushing scarlet blood, drenching his entire body. Yet he still stood unyielding, grinning at the two with the half lip left on his half face.