Translator: CinderTL
Boom!
The exploding aircraft disintegrated into fiery wreckage, crashing to the ground in a blinding blaze.
The members of the exchange group stared wide-eyed, mouths agape. Even Old Leader Zhang remained frozen in place, his face a mask of shock and disbelief.
A new path?
The path to Transcendence?
Boom!
Another explosion shook the air. Witnessing the scene from his airborne position, Mord's expression darkened, and he issued his command without hesitation.
"Open fire!"
Boom!
The heavy sniper cannons on the aircraft unleashed a concentrated barrage of blue particle beams, each several meters thick. Simultaneously, missiles streaked through the sky, adding to the chaotic bombardment.
Han Chao and the others paled. Old Leader Zhang snapped out of his stupor and swiftly moved them away from the epicenter.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The relentless explosions shook heaven and earth, raising clouds of smoke and dust as gale-force winds whipped through the area.
In the distance, the exchange group members watched their robes billow wildly and their hair whip about in the storm. Countless fragments of debris whizzed past their trembling bodies as they huddled in fear, unable to resist stealing another horrified glance at the chaos.
Buzz!
The smoke and dust vanished instantly.
At the bottom of the massive crater stood a young man in a black trench coat, his body radiating a brilliant, daylight-like Gale Qi aura.
A mere half-finger's width of empty space acted as an insurmountable barrier. The blue particle beams failed to penetrate this invisible shield, not even grazing his skin.
This defiance of all reason stunned even Old Leader Zhang, his pupils contracting in disbelief.
"He dares to resist and injure our forces!"
"Continue firing!" General Mord barked coldly from his aerial command post, ordering the surrounding aircraft and Flying Cars to unleash another barrage of firepower.
But then...
"Incomprehensible," Chen Feng said indifferently. A Blazing Sun, over ten meters in diameter, materialized above his head.
The armed soldiers and cyborgs stared up in shock as the Blazing Sun soared into the sky and detonated with a deafening explosion.
Boom!
Flying Cars were blasted apart, their Force Field Shields shattered, and they plummeted to the ground in flames. Even heavily armored aircraft struggled, their Force Fields flickering wildly as dozens of piercing alarms blared inside their cabins.
"You dare!" General Mord roared, his icy gaze hardening. He could no longer contain his rage.
He stomped his foot and dove from the sky like a thunderbolt. The tearing wind pressure sliced through the air like a knife, leaving long white streaks in its wake. Even before impact, his overwhelming Force Field and the shockwave from his fist had already cracked the ground, fissures spiderwebbing outward.
His general's greatcoat, adorned with star-ranked shoulder insignia, billowed in the wind. His bionic eyes gleamed with a cold, metallic light.
Boom!
Mord landed, shattering the ground beneath him. The two combatants froze mid-punch, their fists locked together, as shards of concrete and debris exploded outward.
Yet, in the depths of Chen Feng's crimson flame-flickering eyes burned only indifference and aggression, his innate arrogance radiating a palpable contempt.
"How dare you!"
Crackle!
Arcs of electricity danced around Mord as he activated his special energy source. His diving figure transformed into a bolt of heavenly retribution, his arms crackling with high-voltage lightning and compressed blue light energy.
Boom!
The earth split apart, a circular shockwave expanding in all directions. Within a hundred meters, buildings disintegrated as if struck by a violent storm, reduced to rubble in an instant.
The members of the exchange group, stunned by the spectacle, scrambled backward to widen the distance.
The Niduo Soldiers who had encircled them fared even worse, sent flying haphazardly into debris or clinging desperately to crumbling walls, their eyes squeezed shut against the overwhelming wind pressure.
"Thunderclap First Form!"
Mord's furious roar reverberated through the air as he inverted and dove downward, once again unleashing a blinding burst of blue light.
Boom!
The compressed energy erupted violently, thunderous arcs of electricity coalescing into a massive sphere of blue lightning.
For a fleeting moment, the azure sky dimmed slightly, and the world fell into an eerie silence.
"It's over!"
"How could a mere Martial Artist possibly stand against General Mord?"
The few remaining Fifth-Tier Mech Warriors in mid-air barely managed to steady their plummeting descent. Clenching their fists, their eyes lit up with renewed fervor as they watched the colossal thunderbolt hurtle downward.
The rampaging Thunder Light engulfed everything in its path, convincing them the battle had reached its conclusion.
Boom!
But in the next instant...
A pillar of heaven-piercing force erupted, instantly obliterating all electromagnetic Thunder Light.
The shockwave of a single punch shook the very fabric of reality, leveling the surrounding ruins and shattered walls.
Whoosh!
In an instant, the cyborg's retreating figure smashed through buildings at Niduo Academy hundreds of meters away, his expression of shock and fury frozen in place.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of muffled explosions echoed as building after building collapsed. In the distance, the gymnasium of Niduo Advanced Academy shook violently, its walls riddled with glaring humanoid-shaped holes.
"This..."
The Fifth-Tier Mech Warrior from the Niduo Military, hovering in mid-air, gaped in disbelief. When he finally regained his senses and glanced downward,
Hum!
A storm descended, merging with his formidable Pinnacle Intent.
The sky churned, clouds swirling violently as the air trembled. Cracks spiderwebbed across the ground, instantly obliterating all debris within a hundred-meter radius. Even those high above on their single-person aircraft felt as if a colossal mountain had descended upon them. Their bodies contorted under the crushing force, their aircraft cracking ominously as they plummeted to the earth.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Pillars of dust rose as every member of the Niduo Military lay sprawled unconscious, paralyzed, or knelt in humiliating defeat.
Just as the battle seemed to be concluding,
Whoosh!
The gymnasium of Niduo Academy shuddered violently. A blue energy beam tore through the air, instantly engulfing Chen Feng.
"No!"
In the distance, Old Leader Zhang's expression subtly shifted, mirrored by Han Chao and the others.
Following their gaze, they saw General Mord staggering to his feet behind the massive, human-shaped hole in the gymnasium wall hundreds of meters away. His head was twisted grotesquely, and his chest caved in. Yet, his face contorted in a savage grin as he fired miniature energy cannons from the ports in his chest and abdomen.
"Senior Brother!!" Xu Tingxiao roared, his face contorted with fury and terror as Zhou Wuren firmly restrained him.
Zhou Wuren opened his mouth to dissuade him, but a deep voice cut through the air, as if anticipating his words:
"Such toothless tricks."
"Is this the best Niduo's cyborgs can muster?"
Crack!
The fissures in the ground widened again, the pit sinking deeper.
As the weakening energy beams flickered and faded, the onlookers finally saw the young man in the black trench coat standing unscathed.
A layer of glazed crystal, as flawless as a diamond, had materialized around him, enveloping him in shimmering protection. Not a single crack marred its surface; it shone with diamond-like brilliance.
"Impossible!!" Mord bellowed, his voice laced with disbelief and rage.
Without hesitation, he slammed his feet into the ground, unleashing another surge of power.
Boom!!
A blinding torrent of energy erupted from his body, sending a chill of dread through everyone watching.
But then, just as Mord prepared to speak,
Boom!!
Chen Feng stood his ground, blocking the energy cannon blast with his palm.
His thick arm acted as an impenetrable barrier, completely neutralizing the dazzling energy blast. The glazed crystal continued to reflect the sunlight.
Even Old Leader Zhang, a Martial Artist at the pinnacle of his era and a man who believed he had seen it all, couldn't hide his disbelief as his pupils contracted.
When did Martial Artists become capable of withstanding energy cannons?
Boom!!
His answer came in the form of a vanishing figure.
A streak of lightning flashed across the battlefield, followed by a thunderous roar that shook the air.
"You—!"
Boom!!!
Mord's enraged shout was cut short as Chen Feng materialized before him and unleashed a devastating punch.
The Sixth-Tier Force Field Shield shattered under the combined force of a raging storm and Pinnacle Intent. The tearing wind pressure and shockwave slammed into Mord's chest.
Rip!
Thud!!
Mord's general's uniform, adorned with the shoulder insignia of a star-bearing officer, exploded into shreds. The energy cannon aperture in his chest was pierced clean through.
Zzzzt!
Arcs of electricity flickered erratically.
Mord's Stellar Titanium body contorted grotesquely, its mechanical biometic eyes freezing in place.
[Fear +1!]
[Fear +1!]
[Metal Essence +1!]
[Metal Essence +1!]
"You—!"
Pfft!!
A final surge of power from Chen Feng's fist instantly silenced the question.
The cyborg's augmented body, barely reaching the Sixth-Tier level, disintegrated into pieces. His mechanical eyes rolled onto the ground, where Chen Feng crushed them beneath his heel.
The deeply concealed replica consciousness was about to transform into code and merge with the magnetic field.
But then, just as it was happening...
Buzz!
The World Force sealed everything, erasing it with effortless ease, surpassing even Pinnacle Intent and Wrath of the Storm.
In that instant, the magnetic field of a deep-sea facility belonging to the Royal Family went haywire, triggering a cascade of fluctuations and alarms. Alarms echoed throughout the facility, and personnel within the Royal Palace noticed something amiss.
"What's happening?" Princess Eleanor, seated behind a mahogany desk, asked gravely, clearly seeing the golden table tremble momentarily.
This was the Royal Palace, built on a foundation fortified with countless modifications. How could such instability occur?
"It seems to be coming from the east," a security officer reported.
The security personnel and assistants scrambled to investigate. Princess Eleanor frowned slightly, closing the report on royal capital affairs she had been reviewing. She rose and turned to the intricately carved window.
The palace walls were high, obscuring her view.
Tap-tap-tap-tap.
Just then, hurried footsteps approached. A figure strode briskly into this bastion of Niduo's highest authority.
"Your Highness, there's been an incident," the newcomer announced.
He was a burly man clad in metal battle armor, his face stern. The Fifth-Tier security officers in the room immediately froze and bowed respectfully to General Walker.
"What is it, Walker?" Princess Eleanor asked, sensing something was wrong.
"Mord is dead."
The man spoke in a grave tone, his face solemn.
"How could this happen?" Princess Eleanor's eyes flickered with shock as a holographic screen materialized before them.
It displayed live footage from a military drone circling overhead:
A massive force from the royal capital had been hastily assembled, forcibly surrounding Niduo Advanced Academy.
A quarter of the academy lay in ruins, flattened into rubble. Military aircraft and Flying Cars crashed in flames, while cyborg soldiers exploded into fragments where they stood. The shattered earth was riddled with craters, and dozens of members of an innocent exchange group stood frozen in horror at a distance.
Finally, the drone's camera focused on the center of the vast crater within the collapsed academy ruins.
A young man in a black trench coat stood there, crushing the twisted, mangled head of a cyborg beneath his boot. Shattered components and Augmentation Modules lay strewn across the ground.
As if sensing the drone's presence, he looked up. His rugged face was expressionless, and for a moment, their gazes seemed to meet across layers of space.
"What on earth is going on?" Princess Eleanor asked, a chill creeping into her heart.
Walker opened his mouth, at a loss for words. She quickly understood why.
"Is this... Uncle Wang's doing?"
Eleanor's expression shifted, her tone a mixture of inquiry and certainty.
Though both were under the Royal Family's control, Mord answered only to Uncle Wang. Moreover, the majority of the royal capital's military forces were also under his command.
Therefore...
"He's mobilizing the entire army! What on earth is Uncle Wang planning?"
Eleanor's face paled, and she was about to send someone to investigate when...
"Your Highness!"
"Look!"
The security personnel behind her cried out in alarm. Instinctively, Eleanor turned her head.
The floating blue light projection displayed footage from a high-altitude drone.
The young man in the black trench coat had vanished without a trace.
He was nowhere to be found in the vast ruins, nor anywhere on the grounds of Niduo Academy.
Puzzled, the drone cameras rapidly adjusted their focus, deploying additional UAVs for a comprehensive search.
Finally, under their relentless surveillance, a dark streak appeared—a figure moving with aggressive, unstoppable force, cutting through the air like a black lightning bolt.
"Where is he going?" someone asked, their voice trembling. The camera zoomed in.
As the figure continued his straight-line charge, a magnificent, solemn building gradually came into view.
In that instant, an absurd thought struck everyone:
"Could it be..."
"He's heading for the Royal Palace?"
(End of the Chapter)
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