Chapter 947: Every Punch Lands

Run!!

Fear arrived.

The immense sense of oppression instantly awakened the captain, who clutched the armor in his arms; in his panic he even forgot to put on his equipment.

His legs went weak, and a surge of hot blood rushed straight to his head with a buzz.

Under the gaze of those scarlet giant eyes, he felt every hair on his body wailing.

He never expected that, before he could even check his equipment's stats, this third-rank mutant would, without hesitation, toss aside the mysterious person and charge straight at him.

His whole body trembled; facing the terror of a third-rank far exceeded their imagination.

Like him, the several Awakened Ones who had been hiding behind the window were so frightened they plopped down on the ground.

Like a frog leaping back onto the building, the mutant's impact force directly destroyed more than half of the wall.

The entire floor was like an orange peeled of its skin, rotting rebar hanging with rubble; under the tremendous impact, an unfortunate saber-wielding man was simply slapped onto the wall by the shockwave, his whole body sliding down like mud.

Everyone's face turned ashen, their hearts filled only with dense fear.

They couldn't block a single strike.

Before a third-rank, they were as fragile as paper; just the battle's aftermath could shake them to death.

At this moment, people wished for a crack in the ground to crawl into, so as not to be seen by this monster.

Fortunately, the mutant's attention was wholly drawn to the captain, leaving no spare to notice these few insects of them.

Debris fell, accompanied by faint continuous cracking sounds and heavy breaths.

His heart pounded, his blood pressure spiked to the limit.

In a life-or-death flight, the captain practically used hands and feet alike, without hesitation turning and running.

Too terrifying!

Only by facing the monster up close could one truly feel its oppression from the heart.

And the several Awakened Ones hiding in the ruins stared, eyes wide with dread, at the massive creature beneath their feet.

It's hard to imagine how the mysterious person who had been grappling with the monster just now managed to do that.

Just sensing the monster's aura made their limbs go weak, leaving them with no fighting courage at all.

Let alone dodging with precision like an art.

No time to think further.

0.1 seconds later, the enraged Striker flung open its massive maw, its right claw reaching into the building; its scarlet, chain-like tongue gathered power and shot out in an instant, aiming straight at the captain who had turned to flee.

Containing a third-rank's furious strike, not to mention a physique-type Awakened One; under rank suppression, even a small hill would be pierced through.

It's over...!

Feeling the terrifying strike from behind, the captain let out a groan of despair as a strong aura of death enveloped him.

People die for wealth, birds for food; today I'm likely to meet my end here.

Now, even if he were willing to drop his armor, this monster would never let him go.

However, at the instant the tongue shot out, several people hiding on the monster's head suddenly noticed a figure rushing in almost simultaneously.

The comer was none other than Lin An.

Compared to the mutant's huge body, that swiftly rushing figure seemed so tiny.

Yet for some reason, everyone felt an even stronger sense of oppression in their hearts.

In an instant, the sword‑backed youth suddenly lunged behind the Striker and thrust his pure‑white, jade‑like right hand into the monster's back.

Sss—

Tough muscles thick enough to withstand cannon fire, before that pale right hand, were as easily pierced as tofu.

It was like a fine needle, viciously driven into the monster's spine.

His right hand suddenly exerted force, and before everyone's widened eyes, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

Only Lin An's body burst forth with dark‑gold spiritual energy, arcs of arcane power coiling around the whole area like electric currents.

With a single‑handed pull, his seemingly frail, tiny frame suddenly exploded with tremendous force.

His body straightened.

The mutant, which had just poked its head out to attack, was actually wrenched straight off the floor, its huge, frog‑like skull peeled back and thrown backward by the counter‑pulling force.

He flipped over backward!

The grating, crackling sound of the spine being pulled made people's teeth ache.

It was hard to put into words the shock in their hearts.

The few people lying prone in the building stared blankly as Lin An simply grabbed the Striker, then after another burst of spiritual energy, he hauled this massive beast and violently slammed it to the ground.

Boom!!

The ground suffered a heavy blow; the already decrepit concrete pavement was smashed straight into a huge pit.

And the Striker, forcibly slammed into the pit, seemed unable to react in time.

As a third‑rank mutant, when had it ever endured such treatment?

If it also possessed intelligence, it would surely feel a deep sense of incredibility.

It was actually knocked down by a mere worm!

The tremendous roar woke everyone; each face bore shock, as if they were dreaming while watching the scene before them.

This monster, weighing at least dozens of tons, was actually suppressed single‑handed by this mysterious person!?

What kind of power is this!?

This scene was like a roadside ant, with a single swing of its hand, toppling an elephant!

Although Lin An's speed alone was enough to astonish them, they never imagined that this person before them would be terrifying not only in speed but also in strength.

Is this bastard even human!?

No one answered the shock in their hearts.

The battle is far from over.

In the next second, the thoroughly enraged Flash Striker wanted to get up.

In simple intelligence, one couldn't judge Lin An's specific strength, but driven by instinct, it let out a roar and its claws smashed toward the worm in the air.

It wants to smash this hateful worm, let this worm become minced meat in its hand!

The wind howled fiercely!

Standing in mid-air atop the Flash Striker's head, Lin An remained calm, facing an attack capable of smashing alloy, he merely casually bent his right arm backward.

He clenched his fist, palm gripping.

Eager to try.

Compared to the speed already tested, he was more curious about how far his power attribute had progressed.

Seamless!

Demonic Form!

Arcane Energy Empowerment!

Under the triple bf combined with the constant rule, in an instant, Lin An, who still maintained human form in everyone's eyes, was instantly enveloped by a layer of dark red light membrane over his whole body, like demonic wings suddenly appearing behind him, fixing his body in high-speed flapping.

Come on!

Fist against claw, flesh against flesh!

Power transmitted from the waist, strength stacked like water.

Feeling the power within like a solar explosion, completely abandoning weapon combat, Lin An's eyes flashed with excitement, his whole body's power condensed into his right fist, without hesitation he slammed into the incoming giant claw.

"Bang!!!"

The impact sound was deafening.

Only seen, the fist tip collided, that arm as huge as a truck, under the impact, suddenly bent backward.

The huge sharp claw, like a branch, snapped.

The huge reactive force burst out an invisible spatial explosion upon contact.

And the Flash Striker, already standing in the deep pit, had its feet collapse, sinking deep into the cracked ground.

In pain, it roared.

After the collision, this third-rank mutant twisted its face and opened its huge mouth, the piercing pain roar turned into a sound wave sweeping.

Lin An's punch not only blocked its attack, but also pierced its giant claw, the added constant effect drilled through the claw, leaving a human-sized transparent hole.

The third-rank mutant's fearsome defense was nothing before this punch.

He licked his lips.

Lin An slowly retracted his right fist, the excitement in his eyes intensifying.

He hadn't expected that, under multiple enhancements, his power would completely crush the mutant.

Whether in his past life or now, the basic attributes of same-rank Awakened Ones can suppress monsters; however you think about it, it's an unimaginable transcendence.

His right fist gathered power again.

Without waiting for the Flash Striker to counterattack, with battle spirit soaring, Lin An, who was in high spirits, simply pressed forward, a punch imbued with terrifying power once again smashed toward the mutant.

With the spirit-energy empowered punch's force, like Mount Tai pressing down, it once again smashed the rising mutant into the ground.

Flesh colliding with flesh, punch to flesh.

In a breath, the person and monster, like a pile driver, exchanged high-speed punches, while the mutant's flesh and blood shattered and sprayed in the violent clash.

Watching the two "monsters" madly clashing, several Awakened Ones sitting paralyzed in the ruins almost had their eyes go blank.

Unimaginable, they never thought one day they'd see someone literally beat a mutant to a pulp...

That fist, fast as lightning yet each strike violently powerful, almost beat that third-rank mutant to minced meat.

Spurting blood dyed the building red, and the pit on the ground kept expanding.

One second... two seconds...

Three seconds...

Dark red, foul-smelling blood gradually filled the pit.

That third-rank mutant capable of destroying a Safe Zone gradually lost its breath and finally stopped moving.

Only the giant foot hanging outside the pit still twitched like a dying thing.

"Smash..."

"Smash... smash... dead??"

Unable to express their feelings, the few people lying in the building stared with mouths open, stammering out a few words.

Looking at the corpse on the ground and Lin An raising then slowly lowering his right fist, several people felt only absurdity in their hearts.

In just a few seconds, they personally witnessed a third-rank mutant...

Being beaten to death on the spot by a man with his fists.

Too violent...

That smashed, chest-penetrating giant skull had terrified them half to death just seconds before.

But now, you can't tell what it is at all.

Uncontrollably, they even felt the mutant was somewhat pitiful, even unable to tell who was the real monster...

The scene before their eyes, like a brand, was deeply etched into their minds, destined to become an unforgettable memory in their lives.

Ignoring the stunned Awakened Ones behind him, Lin An casually shook off the blood on his hand, the wings behind him slowly flapped, and he flew downward a bit.

"Pfft"

Sensing the Flash Striker still had a last breath, he simply reached in with both hands and forcibly pulled out the head lodged in its chest cavity.

Crack!

His muscles exerted force again, and the huge skull, its brain matter blasted out, was instantly squeezed into a lump by him, completely cutting off the last trace of life of the flash striker.

Turning around, Lin An looked at the captain who hadn't fled far, with a half‑smile, slightly tilting his head.

Plop!

He flicked his right hand, and the skull, kneaded into a millstone, landed precisely in front of the captain.

His voice was teasing.

How?

"I saved your life; aren't you going to thank me?"

Frozen in place, the middle‑aged man who had planned to slip away while Lin An was fighting stood there like a chick, trembling all over.

Clutching his armor, he gazed at the fleshy lump larger than himself at his feet, shivering as he struggled to turn.

He turned his head back, gazing at Lin An's inscrutable expression.

For the first time, he actually began to fear a human face.