Chapter 272: Detonation

Bro, can you switch up a move?

Li Cheng's skull throbbed faintly; though the Crescent Heaven Rush was aesthetically exhausting to watch, its power was undeniably outrageous—he had to dodge.

He immediately activated the Instant Thunder skill and performed a second leap of Leopard Bound, barely evading the crescent-shaped shockwave.

He pulled out the nuclear lighter, didn't care about fuel consumption, and turned it to maximum output, spewing roaring flames like a rocket thruster to push back Naruto, who charged forward wearing the Tailed Beast Cloak.

Li Cheng held off Kisuke Urahara and Naruto, but the residual slash of the Crescent Heaven Rush continued toward Hui Yu.

The latter didn't dodge or evade—instead, his forehead split open, dividing into two smaller Hui Yus like cellular mitosis, perfectly avoiding the Crescent Heaven Rush.

Shuu—

A fierce wind followed, and Mr. Fantastic's two arms suddenly elongated, whipping forward.

His fingers had been severed by Gouchen, leaving him severely wounded, but to control these hostile outsiders, he had no choice but to push himself to the limit.

His bald palms swelled and expanded, one to the left and one to the right, engulfing both Hui Yus.

"Uncle, your palm's life line is kinda short,"

Hui Yu No. 1, utterly unfazed, stood in place and chatted: "You should draw it longer yourself with a pen—I heard Qin Shi Huang did exactly that to live into modern times, even emailed me asking me to send him 50 to help him reclaim the throne."

In contrast, Hui Yu No. 2 was far more reliable—he unslung the Skull Crusher from his back, swung it full force, and smashed it into Mr. Fantastic's palm.

As a veteran among rubber men, Mr. Fantastic's body could freely stretch and contract, granting him extreme resistance to blunt weapons.

But the Skull Crusher's special effect was precisely: "When swung with great force and striking a target, the hammer releases a shockwave equal in power to the impact."

Upon hitting the palm, the rubber surface instantly rippled; terrifying energy surged like tidal waves into the palm's interior, traveling along softened bones, blood vessels, and nerves.

Mr. Fantastic shuddered violently, and the back of his right hand exploded with a "Bang!"—skin and flesh flayed outward, blasting open terrifying Kong Dongs.

Hui Yu No. 2 swung the hammer again, striking the rubber left hand, carving out another massive hole in its palm.

"Holy shit," Hui Yu No. 1 shouted, eyes wide: "Both hands have holes—you're Jesus!"

"Shut up, it's time to merge."

Hui Yu No. 2 rolled her eyes, reached out and touched her companion; the two fused back into the normal Hui Yu, who snatched up the Skull Crusher and sprinted after them.

As the saying goes, when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail—Hui Yu had used the Skull Crusher countless times in the 3D warehouse for demolition, smashing ruins, and even, unusually, actively studied online videos of demolition and explosives.

She dreamed of one day having Li Cheng help her obtain a human identity so she could become a demolition office director, specializing in tearing down schools, education bureaus, and textbook publishers.

Especially textbook publishers—Haiguan Secret Papers, Huanggang Secret Papers, Hengshui Secret Papers—all of them die.

At this moment, Mr. Fantastic, retreating swiftly, grabbed cars, road barriers, and trees from the roadside and hurled them at Hui Yu—all were utterly destroyed by her and her hammer.

After flinging the last car, he kicked the roadside manhole cover away with one foot, attempting to contract his body and slip into the sewer.

"Trying to escape?"

Hui Yu stepped forward, her foot liquefying to cover the road and seal the manhole cover: "You think only you can soften?"

She swung the Skull Crusher forward, driving it straight into Mr. Fantastic's chest—but didn't activate its special effect to burst him open. Instead, she turned and shouted: "You two surrender, or I kill him."

On the other side of the battlefield, the battle grew increasingly intense.

Kisuke Urahara and Naruto, these two protagonists, had seemingly endless energy within them, unleashing Crescent Heaven Rushes and Rasengans like basic attacks, reducing all surrounding buildings to rubble.

Any use of spiritual power caused erosion levels to rise. The extra data bar on the player's interface climbed steadily, now visibly reaching over six hundred.

The system had not sent Gouchen's elimination notice—he was either captured by City Hall or hiding.

Therefore, Li Cheng hadn't bet everything at once,

but activated his Insect Transformation form to match their speed, used Mist Concealment to hide his form, employed Multi-Threaded Brain Domain Technique and Information Synthesis Glasses to analyze their next moves, and summoned artillery platforms for remote support—using every trick he had to barely maintain the battle.

Hearing Mr. Fantastic being countered, Naruto hesitated, instinctively glancing back at his companion.

But the more mature Kisuke Urahara's expression grew solemn, and his slashing and chasing motions accelerated further.

It wasn't that he was heartless or willing to let his companion die—he carried too heavy a responsibility; he refused, and could not allow his personal desires to overshadow the safety of Toy City.

"Crescent Heaven Rush!"

The blade's light struck the crumbling office building, adding the final straw—its remaining half collapsed in a thunderous crash.

Li Cheng was also caught in the blade's shockwave; his chest armor dented inward, and he was flung backward into smoke-filled ruins.

Every bone in his body groaned; lying in the rubble, Li Cheng barely moved his arm, reaching behind his neck, feeling several protruding bones.

Phew, good, good—just a broken neck.

The Assembled Puppet effect activated, accompanied by a series of "Kala-kala" sounds; Li Cheng used one hand to reattach his severed neck, and with the other, drew his rusted cleaver and slashed forward, blocking the incoming Zanpakutō.

The difference between the rusted cleaver and the Zanpakutō was like Minor League versus Major League, Bianzui Lun versus Jay Chou, Beihang versus Tsinghua.

Upon collision, the blade's edge cracked, spreading with fissures.

Kisuke Urahara's figure slowly emerged from the smoke; he pushed the Zanpakutō forward and stared coldly at Li Cheng: "You've lost."

Under the erosion limit, players who dare not unleash their full power are merely rats hiding in the shadows.

"Lost? Not yet—earlier you were just too weak, so I panicked."

Li Cheng's face remained calm, but his hand slipped behind his back, quietly pulling out the Liang Yi Dao, preparing to activate the Complete Form and fight to the death.

Yet just before the Liang Yi Dao pierced his skin, Li Cheng noticed something.

It was a clock lying in the rubble, its hands still turning, slowly pointing to 4 p. m.

"Let me ask you something,"

Li Cheng's face broke into a strange smile as he looked at Kisuke Urahara, casually: "You didn't invest in real estate, did you?"

This sudden, bizarre question made Kisuke Urahara's eyelid twitch; instinctively, he pushed his blade harder toward Li Cheng's neck.

But it was too late.

Boom—

A massive explosion echoed hundreds of meters away, shockwaves sweeping the street and shattering countless windows. Then fire erupted, thick smoke rolling.

Boom boom boom boom!

Explosions rang continuously—the bombs Li Cheng and Gouchen had secretly planted earlier in the city's abandoned buildings, water towers, and derelict factories detonated simultaneously, their light and sound rivaling the collapse of heaven and earth.

"What did you do?!"

Kenshin Kurosaki's eyes bulged with rage, but Li Cheng had already seized the fleeting moment of his distraction, fired the bat claw, and leapt out of the ruins.

Gray Rain also activated the Skull Crusher effect, blasting Mr. Fantastic away.

"Compared to us, you should be focusing on that right now."

Li Cheng sheathed the Liangyi Blade and pointed his finger toward the chaotic downtown.

The gold explosive provided by Yagami Light could chain-react ten times; when all bombs detonated simultaneously, they didn't just level every building on the surface, but also shattered and loosened the earth's crust, causing it to collapse downward.

Terrifying fissures split the surface, and amid smoke and fire, an Eva robot, towering as high as a skyscraper, slowly rose from beneath the ground.

Inside its cockpit sat none other than Yagami Light.