Chapter 877 - 719: You’ve Scared My Friend a Little!!!

Chapter 877: Chapter 719: You’ve Scared My Friend a Little!!!

The Shadow Scorpion at the forefront felt like it had suddenly leaped from air into extremely viscous glue, where every joint and drive shaft of its exoskeleton became incredibly sluggish.

The rapid steps charging forward seemed to be tightly bound by numerous invisible threads, becoming unusually heavy, and unable to step down smoothly for a long time.

And its arms, thrusting towards Feng Mu’s head, were like swinging heavy hammers against the current. With each millimeter of forward push, the kinetic energy in the fists was rapidly dissipated by the surrounding "air," visibly reducing speed.

"Not only is there an integrated exoskeleton, but also a powerful twisted force field or inertial dampener, or maybe some kind of... localized gravity control device?!"

Shadow Scorpion was aghast in its heart, but the attack was already launched, like an arrow leaving the bowstring, with no way back. It could only crazily activate the power core.

Fortunately, what calmed Shadow Scorpion slightly was that Feng Mu seemed to be incredibly arrogant, still standing in place, neither dodging nor avoiding.

And the distance between its fists and the opponent’s head was already less than 1 centimeter.

This short distance, under the propulsion of the exoskeleton, was supposed to be reached in an instant.

"Such courage, daring to act so pretentious, die!!!"

Shadow Scorpion roared in its heart, biting down on the blood-boosting agent hidden in its teeth. A surge of heat instantly flowed through its body, while ignoring the piercing overload alarms blaring in its ears, forcibly using willpower to activate the exoskeleton power core, crazily boosting the output power up to.....

120%!

150%!

200%!

"Buzz—Beep—!"

The surface of the exoskeleton armor glowed an abnormal dark red due to overload operation, with heat vents at the joints frantically spewing scorching steam.

But the surging power finally forcibly broke through part of the force field’s constraints.

Shadow Scorpion’s fists suddenly accelerated again, and due to the rapid friction and terrifying energy dissipation, circles of high-temperature scorching gray-white airwaves visibly radiated out from around the fists.

The 1-centimeter death distance was forcibly breached!

The pupil in Shadow Scorpion’s only remaining right eye contracted with excitement and delight, with a cruel and icy arc at the corner of its mouth.

It seemed as if it already saw the calm expression on Feng Mu’s face finally shatter, revealing shock and astonishment, followed by a hasty evasive action.

Ultimately unable to escape, the entire head would erupt under its iron fist, like a ripe watermelon with a "pop," turning into a beautiful scene of blood mist and bone fragments everywhere!

"Trying to dodge now is already too late, huh!"

Pong!

The two iron fists, overloaded to 200%, smashed fiercely and straightforwardly into Feng Mu’s head, and due to the immense inertia and counterforce, inevitably collided with each other, producing a teeth-grinding metallic clash.

He, lying on the ground, had his heart nearly stop beating, watching wide-eyed as—Feng Mu’s head was forcibly smashed in.

Like a rubber clay head pressed hard by a mischievous child, the whole skull was instantly compressed and deformed, turning into a flat "paper" shape.

Those ordinary framed glasses also shattered in this violent strike.

Dead?

Died so easily?!!

At this moment, everyone who witnessed this scene in different ways had their brain stall for an instant in unison.

However, perhaps because Feng Mu’s appearance was too shocking before, or maybe due to their heightened focus this time, virtually everyone detected something off collectively in less than a tenth of a second after their brains stalled.

Including Shadow Scorpion who succeeded!

Its heart simultaneously sank with a "thud," as a rush of coldness climbed up its spine to its head.

It didn’t feel the intoxicating feedback of flesh and bones exploding under its fists, nor did it hear the "crack" of a skull shattering, nor did it see the crimson mist of brain and blood splattering.

Instead, after the loud clash of fists, it heard a faintly ludicrous.....

"Pop~"

Like a child chewing gum, playfully blowing a bubble, and then the bubble bursting with that crisp and hollow sound.

A person’s head was smashed flat, with the body below still intact, yet there was no blood splatter, just a bubble burst sound.

Is this reasonable as hell?

It’s impossible that my 200% overloaded Fist Power strike had such force that it vaporized the opponent’s head, along with their brain, blood, and bones, instantly, right?

He knew very well that the "Scorpius-III Type" assault exoskeleton armor he wore definitely did not have the molecular-level annihilation power.

So, after eliminating all impossibilities, the remaining answer, no matter how absurd, could only be...

At the same time, He felt a dizzying blur before his eyes.

This time, the instinct to survive overwhelmed everything else, and he did not close his eyes; instead, he kept them wide open, bloodshot, afraid to blink even once, lest he miss any detail that could determine his life or death.

Yet, he still couldn’t fully see what had happened, only felt his vision suddenly flicker like a poorly received television signal.

He only vaguely saw the ground beneath him come alive, delivering a gentle yet irresistible lateral pull.

The surrounding scenery flew past like elongated noodles.

The metallic foot that was about to end his life grazed his scalp almost, landing heavily on the previously empty muddy ground with a muffled "thud," scattering grass debris and wet soil.

When his vision cleared again, he was stunned to find himself rotated in a half-circle on the ground, moving from directly in front of Shadow Scorpion to behind him.

Still lying flat in a pathetic posture, still only able to look up.

Still able to see the crisp, dust-free black uniform.

Still able to see that distinct, cold white hand.

Still able to see that face, with glasses (amazingly, the glasses remained intact!), indifferent and calm as if nothing had happened.

However, this time, that hand wasn’t casually holding the scorpion’s tail but was gently resting on Shadow Scorpion’s armored neck, like greeting an old friend.

As gentle as before, as if no strength was used at all.

But this time, Shadow Scorpion was not just frozen in place.

Rather, his entire body, from head to toe, every inch of exoskeleton armor, every joint, every running engine and transmission shaft, seemed to have been drained of all energy.

Frozen solid in place, maintaining the posture of colliding fists, unable to move, or dared not to move!

"The answer is... Phantom. But he was clearly... He was real just now, the touch, the force field, even that gaze... When... When did it switch to a phantom?! How did I not notice at all?!"

Shadow Scorpion felt the icy cold temperature from the hand on his neck (or was it the breath of death?), his whole body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, chilled from head to toe, his blood freezing at that moment.

This answer was the one he knew and prided himself on the most, and therefore, the one he found the most unbelievable, absurd, and terrifying.

His entire being, his tongue seemed frozen, his mouth slightly agape, unable to utter a coherent word for a long time.

Impossible?!

I... I, Shadow Scorpion, was actually fooled by someone using... using my specialty, optical illusions?!!

And it was at the moment I launched a full-force attack, thinking I had the upper hand!

Isn’t this the script I usually love to toy with enemies, how did my script get taken by someone else?!!

Feng Mu gently (at least the gesture appeared gentle) stroked Shadow Scorpion’s neck, leaning his head slightly forward, next to Shadow Scorpion’s cheek, softly saying to the inquisitive opponent:

"Shh—, don’t speak, I haven’t finished what I was saying earlier, please listen to me first."

Feng Mu placed a finger against his lips, his tone rather courteous, and so for a moment, everyone present was moved by his courtesy, with no one interrupting.

Feng Mu seemed quite pleased with this cooperative silence, nodding slightly before continuing softly:

"Hmm, where was I?"

He paused for a while, as if genuinely recalling.

"Ah yes, I mentioned, I didn’t mean to interrupt your battle, I was just wondering..."

He paused, his gaze sweeping the crowd, staring at the rising black smoke on the highway, speaking earnestly:

"Did any of you see who was playing with those two flying... ’toys’ that just shot towards the highway?"

He tilted his head, the eyes behind the lenses showing a hint of amusement, his tone dragging slightly:

"The fireworks are beautiful, it’s just... they scared my friend a bit."