Chapter 117: If the Heavenly King Can

Smoke filled the air, the ground scorched and charred.

【【Earth Shield Technique】 stared at the scene, tone brimming with awe: Terrifying, utterly terrifying, big brother, little brother—is this the power of your fusion? I'll stick to being your support from now on; this center position is too hot to handle…】

【【Fireball Technique】 said proudly: Little brother, you've finally realized it—there's still a lot you need to learn.】

Lin Mo retracted the flame wings on his back and landed on the ground.

With the closure of the special skill "Fire Element Body," the massive demon of flame behind him dissipated.

"Big Boss Lin Mo!"

Han Mengqing was the first to rush over.

She skidded to a halt right in front of Lin Mo.

She stared at him, struggling for a long moment before finally blurting out: "So Biantai … Even killing four hundred pigs wouldn't be this fast…"

Han Mengyao also walked over, gazing at Lin Mo with a complex expression.

This man was simply too terrifying!

He kept shattering her understanding, again and again.

Chu Lingxuan's eyes sparkled with stars:

"Classmate Lin Mo… is truly incredibly strong… I must work harder, to one day be able to block even a single attack for him…"

Lin Mo looked at the three stunned girls and smiled calmly:

"Enough standing around—next…"

Lin Mo hadn't finished speaking.

【【Lightning Strike Technique】 suddenly became alert: An extremely terrifying lightning element is rapidly approaching—from behind and above!】

Hm?

Lin Mo snapped his head upward.

But trapped within the barrier, most light was blocked—he couldn't see what was happening outside.

Lin Mo frowned.

An extremely terrifying lightning element?

Could it be his father? He'd said he was coming…

…

Meanwhile, one minute earlier.

"Boom—!!!"

Xu Wenchang's iron fist, wreathed in dark-gold dragon-shaped qi, slammed into Zhao Tianling's chest.

This time, Zhao Tianling could no longer withstand it.

"Puff—!!!"

Zhao Tianling spewed a gout of blood, flying hundreds of meters backward before crashing into a pile of rubble.

Dust rose, his fate unknown.

At the same time,

Xu Wenchang was drawn by the commotion behind him.

He whirled around sharply.

A terrifying column of crimson and deep blue light surged into the sky.

Even from kilometers away, the annihilating aura of lightning and fire sent chills down the spine.

Was that… Lin Mo's skill?

Shamoto Kenichi nearby also saw this.

His black-and-white blades froze mid-air, his face filled with disbelief.

"This… What kind of power is this?!"

"Heh…"

Xu Wenchang chuckled softly, turning to look at Shamoto Kenichi with mockery.

"Lord Shamoto."

Xu Wenchang smoothed his disheveled sleeves, "It seems… your plan has failed."

As he said this,

Xu Wenchang's gaze turned icy, a torrent of killing intent erupting from him.

He took a step forward.

"Now, it's your turn."

The pressure of a top-tier expert was unleashed without restraint.

Shamoto Kenichi was forced back step by step by the overwhelming aura.

He stared fixedly at the distant scene, face filled with disbelief.

"No… impossible…"

"Even a genius—even a once-in-a-thousand-years genius of the Great Ei Empire—could never achieve this!"

"Lin Mo… he's a demon! A true demon!"

Shamoto Kenichi was afraid.

But not of death—of the empire's future.

If such a monster were allowed to grow…

If he brought this terrifying power into the Ten Thousand Nations Battlefield…

It would be an unprecedented catastrophe for the Great Ei Empire!

The empire's younger generation would be slaughtered to the last!

"He must die… he must die!!!"

Shamoto Kenichi's eyes instantly burned with fanaticism.

It was a hysterical madness, an extreme obsession.

"For the empire! For the Emperor!"

"Lin Mo, today, no matter the cost, he must die here!"

Shamoto Kenichi roared, pulling out two vials.

One glowed a bizarre crimson, like boiling blood.

The other was pitch black, radiating a decaying stench.

Seeing the vials, Xu Wenchang's brow snapped tight: "【Asura's Blood】? And 【Soul-Binding Netherwater】?"

He recognized them instantly.

Both were strictly controlled items in Long Country.

The former was a forbidden drug that burned life force for temporary power surge.

The latter forcibly locked the last drop of blood, maintaining combat capability even if the body was shattered.

Using both together meant burning all bridges—cutting off all retreat.

Once the effect wore off, death was certain—no god could save him.

"Tsk tsk tsk…"

Xu Wenchang shook his head, eyes brimming with scorn:

"To kill a few children, you dare drink such drugs? You Ei people are truly brainwashed mad dogs—what a pitiful, laughable belief."

"Hahaha! For the Great Ei Empire, what does my death matter?"

Shamoto Kenichi laughed wildly, without hesitation, consuming both vials.

Boom—!!!

A dark crimson wave of terrifying energy erupted from his body.

His skin cracked inch by inch, his eyes turned pitch black.

His level surged repeatedly!

【Level: 85 (Temporary Level Boost: +1…)】

【Level: 85 (Temporary Level Boost: +2…)】

【Level: 85 (Temporary Level Boost: +3…)】

【…】

【Level: 85 (Temporary Level Boost: +10…)】

"Roar—!!!"

Shamoto Kenichi let out an inhuman bellow.

He had lost all human form.

His skin split open, blood steaming around him, eyes locked on Xu Wenchang.

He stuck out his tongue, licking his cracked lips.

"See? This is the power of the empire."

"Now… even you cannot stop me."

He elegantly spun his blades, a cruel smile curling his lips:

"Using a saying from your Long Country…"

"Today, even if Heaven's King himself came, Lin Mo must die."

The mad spirit of the bushido turned Yamamoto Kenichi into a beast born solely for slaughter.

Yet.

Xu Wenchang seemed to sense something.

He lifted his head and gazed at the black barrier above him.

"Oh?"

Xu Wenchang's lips curled slightly as he turned his gaze back to Yamamoto Kenichi, a flicker of pity in his eyes:

"Lord Yamamoto, it seems your plan will fail again."

"What?"

Yamamoto Kenichi hesitated slightly.

He thought Xu Wenchang was bluffing.

This 【Dark Curtain Barrier】 was unbreakable—unless a warrior above level 90 wielding a specialized weapon…

Before he could react,

BOOM—!!!!

A deafening explosion erupted above him!

The solid barrier was pierced clean through.

A blinding violet lightning bolt descended from the sky.

Yamamoto Kenichi snapped his head upward.

He saw a towering figure wreathed in lightning, wielding a massive sword, slashing toward him.

Accompanying it was a thunderous, tyrannical roar:

"The Heavenly King can't do it? What about his father?!"

Yamamoto Kenichi instinctively raised his twin blades to block.

BOOM—!!

The power he had just surged with was nothing but a joke before this sword strike.

He didn't even see the attacker's face.

He only felt an irresistible force crash into him.

His entire body was flung backward by the blow…

CRASH CRASH CRASH CRASH—!!!

Yamamoto Kenichi smashed through three small hills in succession before crashing into a cliff face, embedded so deep he couldn't even be pried loose.