Chapter 652: Death God's Declaration

The tightened glove burst with yellow light.

As if cooperating with him, the artillery position instantly fell silent.

Imagining the countless eyes behind him, Max roared excitedly.

High-Energy Blast Fist!

Power built to the limit.

He, who boasted rich combat experience.

Relying on the impact of constant acceleration, his whole body, like a bow drawn backwards, straightened his back muscles.

Power transmission.

He raised his right fist and launched it with a pulling motion.

He was confident this punch could smash a bunker.

"Max! Come back!"

Full of confidence.

The Eagle Eye Awakened One fighting behind him suddenly changed expression, a green light flashing in his eyes.

"He's not hurt!!!"

Seeing through the smoke and dust.

Unlike the impulsive Max, the Eagle Eye Awakened One with a bowed back never expected his comrade to charge straight ahead.

He had originally discussed with Max, to be safe, exchanging assistance for the right to distribute supplies.

He never imagined that the honor of killing Lin An would go to Max, leaving him dazed.

He actually went berserk!

While activating his skill, seeing a figure still standing straight in the smoke, his unease nearly peaked.

Twin Star Base, hiding the news!

In the earlier message, Twin Star simply told them the enemy ignored ordinary weapons with a mechanical compass.

But it didn't say artillery bombardment could be withstood!

Even if he were injured, it would be fine, but after Lin An subtly released the suppression again, he felt a tremendous power.

He ignored it.

Seeing Max completely disregard his warning, the Eagle Eye Awakened One instinctively drew back his arrow, trying to help his comrade.

In his desperation, he failed to notice the other two sides looking at him with pity.

"If even the American Awakened Ones can't inflict any damage.."

"Then launch a Nuclear Strike directly."

"If Awakened Ones are ineffective, it shows the enemy isn't merely ignoring technological means..."

"Jin Yicheng, you don't need to have your subordinates retreat either."

"Let the soldiers retreating from the periphery provide covering fire."

"Our Awakened Ones need to cover the activation of their space technique..."

He spoke at breakneck speed.

The commander sent by the military, without changing expression, privately messaged Jin Yicheng, indicating he didn't need to think about reducing losses.

Killing Lin An made everything worthwhile.

Their actions were already strange enough.

By rights, Lin An should have been wary and fled by now.

But for some reason, he let them act.

The arrow was nocked; they had no choice but to release it, gambling everything.

The strong fist wind blew away the smoke.

Feeling the scorching ground, Max's fighting spirit rose to its peak.

"Go die!!"

His might was astonishing.

Smoke and dust swept like a violent wind, forming a swirling airflow around him.

Judging solely by the power of his strike, he truly possessed the strength of a top-tier Awakened One.

The three factions behind him watching Max felt somewhat tense.

Even among the strongest of the Second Level, could Max inflict damage?

Although they held little hope, each still harbored a faint thought.

The fist wind arrived in an instant.

"Remember! The one who kills you is Max!!"

Fighting spirit soared.

Max felt his condition peak, leapt high, his skill's light enveloping his whole body, like a Fallen Heaven Blast Fist.

Just.

When the fist wind first cleared the smoke, revealing the unharmed, expressionless man.

His raised fist momentarily stalled.

In his imagination, Lin An had to be injured, or at least battered.

But once he truly realized Lin An ignored the artillery bombardment, even a fool would sense something was wrong.

That bunch of bastards deceived me!?

Fortunately, Lin An's immobilized state under electromagnetic confinement gave him his last courage.

Bang!!!

Sound waves spread.

Throwing a punch, with his whole body's strength gathered, Max only felt that he had unleashed his strongest strike.

Cannons will be weakened, but my fist! It's a genuine skill!

As expected, the scene of punching through the chest did not occur.

A sharp, teeth-aching bone-breaking sound rang out.

That... is my hand!?

As if in slow motion.

From the finger bones to the wrist, from the forearm to the joints.

A punch gathering all his strength seemed to strike an immovable mountain.

Breaking inch by inch, the arm bones shattered, Sen Ben's broken bone pierced out from the fractured arm.

Ahhhhh!!!

Max watched helplessly as his punch struck Lin An's chest, but the rebound shockwave actually turned his fist into a pulp.

Intense pain stimulated his nerves.

The broken arm went limp and bent like noodles.

"Weak and powerless."

"Second Level... how can it be this weak."

They lifted their head.

He anxiously and instinctively looked toward Lin An, but only heard a light comment.

"Want to... try my fist?"

In a relaxed tone, Lin An calmly asked.

Are your muscles all in your brain?

Dare to attack me?

Lin An casually felt the damage from the opponent's full-force strike.

On his self-created combat simulation panel, the opponent's attack was displayed.

"Spiritual impact endured, damage: 65 points,"

"Physical impact endured, blunt damage: 23 points."

A casually toned retort fell into Max's ears, yet it sounded like the death god's knell.

He could not understand why this happened.

Run!!

Run!!

He gasped in horror, an unprecedented fear striking straight at his spirit.

What kind of defense is this!?

Noticing Lin An lightly raising his fist, he immediately turned and fled.

He now only wants to flee far away, escape this monster.

Why!?

Why, even with the system-enhanced skill, can't break through the defense?

This being the first time encountering such a situation, originally full of confidence, he now wished his parents had given him a few more legs.

With this defense, if we keep fighting, I'll be shaken to death.

Want to run?

Lin An chuckled lightly, noticing Max's excellent physique.

Running, he's actually quite fast.

Losing a hand didn't affect his escape speed at all.

The whole venue fell silent; everyone looked at the fleeing Max with complex expressions.

Although, they had imagined this scene.

But when they truly realized that even the Awakened Ones were as fragile as infants before Lin An, everyone couldn't help but feel heavy.

Fortunately, the electromagnetic confinement device appeared effective, Lin An could not move.

"No more delay, go straight for the nuclear bomb!"

"Have the soldiers keep firing to create an illusion, we will withdraw directly!"

Just as the words fell, the military representative in charge of command suddenly had their pupils contract.

At full blast, Max, who thought he had fled back to his own position, only felt a bone-chilling cold from behind envelop his whole body.

Death God Declaration.

Lin An slowly raised his arm, for the first time attempting to activate the special effect skill of the Death God Mask.

Only seen, behind the unable-to-look-back Max, a black mist surged forth, revealing a Death God phantom.

Holding an ancient parchment scroll, left hand gripping a staff.

Unlike the phantom appearing in the Death God Crystal, this time the summoned apparition was like a supreme sovereign.

Pages turned, the skull shrouded in black robes silently opened its mouth.

"Hum--"

Like a proclamation, gray-black ripples rapidly spread.

At the instant the ripple touched him, Max, who thought he was already safe, still had the joy on his face not yet faded, then it froze.

Wave~

Foam shattered.

Under the gaze of many eyes, the huge body, like that of a giant beast, vanished piece by piece like a mirror.