Chapter 378: Needle Point vs. Wheat Ear

Brilliant golden light flickered silently in the starry void.

At the first clash, Li Ang delivered a great surprise to Otavio.

Faced with the endless barrage of Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosions, this Star Raider momentarily looked stunned.

As he dodged, he frowned slightly, watching the young man far away still continuously firing golden lasers.

'How does this guy have so much energy? Is it due to his race, his class, or both?'

Each race has different racial stats; some are born already ahead on the starting line, and certain talents appear only in specific races.

And dragons are among these races.

As a former imperial baron, Otavio clearly understood these secrets well.

But since their clash had been too brief, he could not yet draw any concrete conclusions.

Just as he was pondering, a Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion arrived before him.

This time, however, Otavio did not dodge.

——!!

After a brief pause, golden light erupted in all directions like scattered blossoms from a celestial maiden.

At this moment, Otavio's right hand had somehow donned a jet-black arm guard, now calmly held before him.

After possessing the Reincarnation Eye for so long, Li Ang had never before encountered someone who could block a Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion head-on.

He gazed at the gray-haired man across from him, his eyes flickering slightly.

'So I'm not the only one hooked.'

Combining the information the opponent had revealed earlier, Li Ang gained a preliminary understanding of the empire's, the federation's, and other major powers' geniuses.

'I wonder what level he is.'

Though all of us are hooked, hooks vary in strength—like how a Pinduoduo-bought cheat can't compare to a fully customized private one.

The situation fell into a stalemate.

But unlike Li Ang, Otavio was not alone this time.

Seeing their leader unable to defeat the opponent in the short term, the fleet anchored at a distance immediately unleashed a storm of firepower.

In an instant, Li Ang was buried under countless projectiles.

Unfortunately, with his current body strength, even if he stood still, the attacks from those starships had no effect whatsoever.

Amid the roaring flames, the golden light shifted direction and swept toward the fleet.

The deep blue protective barrier collapsed instantly under the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion; within a single breath, two starships were split cleanly in two.

Otavio could not allow his subordinates to be slaughtered at will—he instantly became a jet-black streak flying toward Li Ang's position.

The darkness deeper than the universe vanished in an instant; the continuous golden light ceased abruptly.

Otavio's speed was astonishing—even Li Ang, with his Reincarnation Eye, could barely keep up.

Of course, that wasn't the point; the point was Otavio's current appearance.

A battle-worn jet-black armor enveloped the gray-haired man entirely; a demonic mask covered his face, obscuring his expression.

After transforming into this form, Otavio's threat level in Li Ang's perception rose sharply.

Li Ang watched the jet-black streak before him trying to pierce through the Qiu Dao Jade's defense, his eyes flickering with surprise—he had never seen a class like this before.

Without hesitation, he raised his palm.

The next instant, an utterly terrifying repulsive force erupted.

Unfortunately, this time the Supreme Shennuo Tianzheng, which had been invincible against close-range enemies, lost its effect.

Otavio's movement was completely unaffected—he punched forward and sent the crimson-and-green sphere flying.

Boom—!

The sphere became a crimson-and-green meteor, carrying unstoppable, colossal force as it slammed into the moon of Fesa.

In an instant, countless cracks spread across nearly half of the pale yellow moon.

Yet despite this advantage, Otavio frowned tightly.

'So hard.'

After brief combat, he realized the unknown substance formed by the federation brat's ability was incredibly resilient.

Even under his torrential assault, the crimson-and-green sphere's defense had not been fully breached.

'What a nuisance—no wonder the empire sent me here.'

Otavio had now discarded his contempt; Li Ang's performance was enough to make him take him seriously.

Even so, this Star Raider still believed he would win.

'Where is his dragon body?'

Gazing at the Fesa moon obscured by massive dust, Otavio's eyes flickered with confusion.

On the other side.

Li Ang had already readjusted his state; the opponent's previous fluid combo had barely affected him.

To be honest, while watching Naruto, he had always wondered why characters like Naruto and Madara never turned their Qiu Dao Jade into a 360-degree defense.

Such an all-around defense was too useful—no need to worry about sneak attacks from any direction.

'But has it reached its limit?'

Glancing at the faint cracks appearing on the crimson-and-green barrier before him, Li Ang infused it with a bit of energy.

The next instant, the cracks vanished completely.

With the Third Law's enhancement, Li Ang had no need to worry about endurance.

Honestly, an infinite chakra bar is just too overpowered against equal-level opponents.

At this moment, Otavio spoke calmly: "Are you planning to fight me like this forever?"

"Don't say I didn't give you a chance. You can reveal your true form now—I won't take the opportunity to strike."

A giant dragon naturally couldn't be in a human body; maintaining this appearance day to day was simply for convenience, since humanoid beings were after all the majority in this universe.

At least that was what Ottavio thought, so the dragon opposite him迟迟 not revealing its true form left him somewhat puzzled.

One had to know that for a pure-blooded giant dragon, combat power under the two forms was utterly worlds apart.

Hearing his words, Li Ang fell silent for a moment.

"To be honest, although the race column shows 【Dragon】 and the class is 【Bronze and Fire King】, I really can't fully dragonify."

Of course this actually had no effect on him—after all, whether he could dragonify or not didn't affect his combat power.

One might even say that even without dragonifying, his stats still far surpassed those of the vast majority of giant dragons.

But these things couldn't very well be told to Ottavio.

Li Ang gave a slight shake of his head and casually replied: "This appearance is enough."

Hearing this, Ottavio's face hidden behind the visor gradually cooled, and he coldly spat out two words from his mouth: "Arrogant."

Then he did not continue to pay Li Ang any mind, and instead began muttering something in a low voice.

"All glory, unto my person."

"Your Majesty."

Before this 【Star-Raiding Knight】's words had even finished falling, the void to his right suddenly cracked open with a gap, and then a long spear radiating a dim-gold flowing light thrust out from within.

【Emperor's Chosen · Star-Piercer】.

A reward bestowed upon Ottavio by the imperial house when he became a baron of the empire, in the distant past.

The grey-haired man gripped the long spear tight, then leveled it at the distant enemy: "To die beneath this spear is no disgrace to your station."