Chapter 228

Bang!

As the Principality of Peace's head was kicked backward by a whip kick, it couldn't help but stop releasing its skill, instead swinging its spear-staff to smash forcefully toward the Rabbit-man in mid-air who had nowhere to leverage.

"Unfallen Fortress!"

The Rabbit-man shouted coldly, swinging his palm, which faintly shimmered with an afterimage, to slap against the incoming spear-staff.

Two clearly unequal forces collided; there was no scene of the Rabbit-man being smashed down as imagined. Instead, the opponent used only a rough palm covered in wounds to catch the heavy strike of the spear-staff.

Even the collision sound that should have been produced when the two sides met did not appear, as if the heavy force of the Principality of Peace had vanished into thin air!

Tang Zheng saw the martial art information suddenly appear on his attribute panel and looked up toward the two figures colliding in the air.

He had been thinking about powerful martial arts all along; if he didn't crush Brian's confident posture directly, the guy likely wouldn't honestly give his all.

And the Rabbit-man before him clearly also mastered high-level martial arts!

"Unfallen Fortress" was among the top-tier defensive martial arts in the Other World; the preceding "Fortress" and "Heavy Fortress" were only low-level versions.

This skill was a martial art that "nullifies physical attacks received."

For instance, the "Funny Lady" relied on this martial art to easily block the giant sword attacks—which had ten times the weight—used by the Bone King in succession.

The effect of the "Unfallen Fortress" martial art sounded very powerful, but it couldn't be taken entirely at face value; or rather, a large portion of martial arts effects might not be as strong as imagined.

The limitations of human strength in the Other World led to certain issues in judging the strength of some martial arts.

Tang Zheng had always believed that the strength and effect of martial arts were also related to level.

Just like how the "Funny Face" could block the Bone King's attacks, it was because the Bone King's physical attack was only at the level of a level 30 warrior.

Brian's self-developed martial art "God Flash" also possessed the effects of "one-hit kill" and "unavoidable" in its description.

However, even when combined with other martial arts to increase its strength, it was still blocked by Xia Tiya with a single finger.

Of course.

In cases of the same level, "martial arts" were not weaker than some professional skills in terms of expressive power. In the end, it was human strength that limited the power of martial arts.

"Can release 'Unfallen Fortress' with a palm? This Rabbit-man is... the mercenary bodyguard of Osk, the organizer of the Imperial Arena."

Tang Zheng recognized the opponent at this moment, a trace of surprise appearing in his eyes.

"Fortress"-type martial arts didn't necessarily require a shield or weapon to be activated, because when activating a "Fortress" martial art, one needed to successfully block the opponent's attack to produce an effect.

This required control of vision, timing, and technique; if released too early or too late, the martial art effect would be lost.

Using a shield or weapon was to better grasp the timing, so that even if the activation failed, the body wouldn't be directly injured.

The Head-Hunting Rabbit used his hand directly to activate "Unfallen Fortress," showing his exquisite technique and confidence.

Before this.

Tang Zheng had some doubts: since they sent people from "Igenia" to assassinate him, why did the Empire issue such a high bounty?

Now it was explained.

The departure of the "Martial King" Go Jin didn't just affect the Empire; that great merchant Osk also suffered heavy losses.

"Head-Hunting Rabbit, is it."

Tang Zheng gave a light chuckle: "The great merchant actually sent out his strongest mercenary."

"Head-Hunting Rabbit" was a title, though not many people knew it; the opponent was a top-tier warrior and assassin, though not very famous within the Kingdom and the Empire.

But in the City Alliance, he had very high influence, reaching the point where everyone knew him.

Head-Hunting Rabbit possessed the strength to chase down and crush a "Copper-level (21~23lv)" adventurer party single-handedly.

Tang Zheng estimated his strength level to be above 25, but he shouldn't have stepped into the Heroic Realm yet.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh—

Tang Zheng briefly withdrew his gaze from Head-Hunting Rabbit and the Principality of Peace.

The eight assassins dispersed, taking advantage of the gap where Head-Hunting Rabbit was blocking the Principality of Peace, and charged toward Tang Zheng in a surrounding net!

The eight assassins swung their arms simultaneously from eight directions; a faint sound of breaking air rang out as cone-needle-shaped weapons, each the thickness of a little finger, pierced the air and attacked.

"Magic Armor!"

A ball of magical light landed on Tang Zheng first, forming a translucent-style armor that wrapped around his entire body.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

All the needle-cone weapons were blocked by the Magic Armor, falling to the ground with a dense clanging sound.

The sudden situation.

Caused the eight assassins' movements to pause, and several of them looked simultaneously toward the direction from which the magic had just flown.

Just then!

The Miss Cuiye Witch walked over, cold as frost, and stood beside Tang Zheng, whispering: "My lord."

"The magic came just in time."

Tang Zheng looked up, his short black hair blowing slightly, and smiled faintly.

Hearing this, the Miss Cuiye Witch's shoulders trembled, her gaze lowered, not daring to look at Tang Zheng, a trace of terror flashing in her eyes.

Others might not know, but how could she not know that the master's true strength was not the faith-based summoning magic, but the magic-based attack magic.

The power the master was currently displaying was merely a disguise; precisely because of this.

Thinking of this.

The Miss Cuiye Witch couldn't help but feel a chill down her spine, cold sweat breaking out on her forehead, because once the master used the power of the magic system.

Then it was very likely that no one at the scene would survive; this didn't just include the enemies, but even... them!

She was able to survive the last incident because of the "alchemy technology for artificial monsters," but during this time, the master hadn't even mentioned it once.

The Miss Cuiye Witch highly suspected that if the master displayed his true power again, there was a possibility he would silence her along with the others.

"How could she be free?"

"What about those magic casters from the 'Death-Spreading Sword Group'!"

The leader of the eight assassins looked rapidly toward the small hills on the left and right, discovering the two corpses of the magic casters.

Not only that, but the people from the "Death-Spreading Sword Group," upon seeing Brian sent flying with one strike, were completely routed and fleeing.

Even though assassins shouldn't have excess emotions, the current situation still made the hearts of the eight assassins sink.

"We might all die here, everyone."

The leader of the eight assassins spoke without emotional fluctuation, drawing a short blade from his waist.

The remaining assassins remained silent, though their movements were not slow at all, following suit and drawing their short blade weapons.

Swish!

The eight assassins moved simultaneously.

"Roar!"

"Giant Growth!"

"Darkness!"

A burst of magical energy flew from the Miss Cuiye Witch's chest and landed on the Evil Spirit Dog, causing its body size to soar by double; this was the power of the Mist Witch.

And the "Darkness" magic released by the Miss Cuiye Witch instantly stripped away the light within this area, causing the surrounding region to fall completely into a purely dark environment.

"All of you die!" The Miss Cuiye Witch said coldly: "Plant Entanglement!"

"Chain Great Whirlwind"!

The Evil Spirit Dog followed up in coordination.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Muffled sounds like tearing rags came from the darkness, and a rich, bloody scent dispersed. As the dark energy dissipated, eight mangled, broken corpses were scattered on the surrounding ground.

"Phew~ phew~" The Evil Spirit Dog panted heavily, clearly somewhat exhausted.

A move like "Chain Great Whirlwind" could only be used once a day by an ordinary Evil Spirit Dog; even though Xiao Hei's consumption of dragon blood had a significant boost to its constitution, using it twice in one breath was still a huge drain.

"Miss Cuiye, you two go and finish off all those fleeing mercenaries." Tang Zheng ignored the assassin corpses on the ground and spoke peacefully.

"Yes."

"Yes."

The Miss Cuiye Witch spoke first, then the Mist Witch's faint voice came from her chest.

Whoosh—

The twin witches leaped, nimbly disappearing from the spot and chasing after the group of fleeing mercenaries.

Tang Zheng's gaze returned to the Head-Hunting Rabbit, who was entangled with the Principality of Peace; the offensive between the two sides was exceptionally intense.

"Strike Against Evil!"

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"Unfallen Fortress!"

The spear-staff collided with the palm, and the two forces dissipated.

"Flowing Water Acceleration!"

The Head-Hunting Rabbit's body speed increased by a notch; after rapidly closing in on the Principality of Peace, he jumped, his heavy fists swinging like raindrops.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The silver armor on the Principality of Peace's body vibrated incessantly; its wings flapped, and it ascended to open up distance, swinging its spear-staff again.

"Strike Against Evil!"

"Unfallen Fortress!"

It was a repeated attack again.

But the Principality of Peace was clearly in a suppressed state; otherwise, it wouldn't have been completely dragged down by the Head-Hunting Rabbit.

"So that's it. When the level advantage doesn't exist, the simple attack methods of summoned monsters are easily figured out by opponents of the same level."

Tang Zheng nodded thoughtfully, his mouth forming an arc at just the right angle: "What will you do next? Those assassins are all dead."

"Summoned angels don't have physical exhaustion or fatigue."

Head-Hunting Rabbit moved rapidly, dodging the Principality of Peace's ordinary attacks from time to time, a retreat already budding on his expressionless face.

The distance between him and the target wasn't far.

But Head-Hunting Rabbit knew very well that although he could suppress the Principality of Peace, he couldn't break through this angel's defensive line.

Whether it was the "Death-Spreading Sword Group" or the assassins of "Igenia," they were all a bunch of trash!

Head-Hunting Rabbit cursed inwardly.

Mission failed, retreat!

"Flowing Water Acceleration"!

The Head-Hunting Rabbit's intense exchange with the Principality of Peace paused; his figure retreated instantly to open up distance, and he turned and ran.

"Thinking of leaving at this time? It's too late." Tang Zheng's gaze turned cold.

Whoosh!

The Principality of Peace flapped its wings and chased after him; the advantage of flying in the air was completely incomparable to ground movement.

In a single breath!

The Principality of Peace had already flown above the Head-Hunting Rabbit's head, its shadow of over three meters tall shrouding him; the spear-staff radiated a holy luster and swung down heavily once again.

Boom!

Facing the attack falling from above.

Head-Hunting Rabbit's rabbit ears twitched, and a ferocious sneer actually flashed on his expressionless face; his fleeing motion paused, and then he raised his arms to protect his head.

"Magic Resistance Enhancement!"

A pale blue light flashed.

Bang!

A heavy strike smashed into his raised arms, emitting a muffled, loud sound; this time, he actually didn't use "Unfallen Fortress" to block.

Tang Zheng was somewhat surprised, but soon understood why Head-Hunting Rabbit did this.

"Pfft..."

Head-Hunting Rabbit spat out a mouthful of blood, letting the force of the spear-staff smashing into him explode, his body flying out uncontrollably.

However!

While enduring the attack just now, Head-Hunting Rabbit clearly found an appropriate angle; the direction he was sent flying was toward Tang Zheng's location.

The opponent had no intention of fleeing at all!

Whoosh!

Head-Hunting Rabbit's figure flew over; in a situation where he had nowhere to leverage in mid-air, he actually used his flexible body to force a twist.

At this moment, Tang Zheng noticed that inside the sleeves of the opponent's damaged maid outfit, he was wearing two magic arm guards.

"Lord Tang, Lord Osk asked me to tell you."

Head-Hunting Rabbit flipped in the air, landed on the ground after offloading most of the force, carved a deep mark as he stood firm, looked up at Tang Zheng seven or eight meters away, and spoke with full killing intent:

"No one can take anything from his hands without paying a price!"

Bang!

"Activate!"

Head-Hunting Rabbit pushed off the ground fiercely with both legs, a magical light flashing on the boots under his feet; this was a magic item that could increase speed.

In an instant!

Head-Hunting Rabbit turned into an afterimage, rushing straight at Tang Zheng; at such speed and distance, the Principality of Peace couldn't turn back in time.

"Ability Rise!"

"Hard Strike!"

"Heavy Punch!"

In a split second, Head-Hunting Rabbit activated three martial arts simultaneously, raising his strong and powerful fist and smashing it toward Tang Zheng's throat.

"Martial arts" could be activated simultaneously, but because of everyone's "concentration capacity" limit, there was a certain limit to activating multiple martial arts.

For example: the Kingdom's strongest warrior Gazef, in his peak state, without using the magic item "Dragon's Secret Treasure," could activate at most six martial arts in one breath.

As for Brian, because he possessed the innate talent "Concentration Capacity Increase," he could activate more martial arts.

With this punch thrown, the air in front seemed to suffer severe compression, exploding like a popped balloon, smashing over fiercely.

Whoosh!

A brilliant light emerged.

An angel holding a golden shield, also three meters tall and with an even more burly physique, blocked in front of Tang Zheng.

Principality of Observation (28lv)

Thud!

An astonishing punch covered in calluses smashed heavily into the golden shield, the resulting air fluctuations like waves emitting a humming sound like an ancient bell being struck.

"This is..."

Head-Hunting Rabbit saw the Principality of Observation blocking in front, its body surface radiating a pale white light, and his heart sank to the bottom.

Lost!

To think he was hiding such a trump card in that situation.

That's right, since the opponent had the ability to summon two Third Rank angels simultaneously, they should also be able to summon two Fourth Rank angels.

However, this was too astonishing; where on earth did such a powerhouse pop out from...

(End of chapter)