Chapter 1611: The Defense of Tianshui City

The lightning in the sky streaked toward Silver Armor, carrying a destructive force that seemed intent on utterly devouring him, yet in the end, it all surged into his hands, converging into a silver-white, unstable sphere of lightning!

Above Tianshui City, a silver glow illuminated the entire land.

Everyone instinctively raised their heads to witness that magnificent, dazzling sight.

But Liang Yue and Huahua only glanced at it for a moment before turning their attention to their surroundings.

The Black-White Commander, leading over a hundred captain-level Azure Armor warriors, had already descended upon the fortress like a pack of wolves from every direction!

"Clang!"

Liang Yue's thumb flicked the guard of Dragon's Roar, and the snow-white blade sprang free, radiating a biting cold.

"Huahua, let's go!"

Liang Yue let out a low shout, then abruptly drew her long blade. Facing the dozen or so Azure Armor warriors charging at her, her gaze was as focused and cold as a machine's.

"Swish!"

She unleashed three rapid slashes—a horizontal cut, a vertical chop, and a side cleave. Her sword technique was simple, without the slightest flourish, yet three arcs of blue blade light rose like billowing smoke clouds, instantly tearing through space to strike down every enemy before her!

Such fast strikes, such overwhelming Qi Force! Having one foot already through the threshold of Epsilon-class, Liang Yue had finally experienced the legendary realm spoken of in martial arts—Qi Force leaving the body!

This was the fabled Sword Light, Blade Aura—an attack method achievable only when one's Qi had been cultivated to a certain level.

Zhang Yi had once said that among their group, Liang Yue was the purest martial combatant, the one with the highest battle talent.

Once she broke through her limits, her combat power would grow exponentially.

Even now, though she hadn't fully crossed the Epsilon-class boundary, the strength she displayed had already reached the level of Soul Reaper from Star Island.

Against Delta-level Transcendents, she held an absolutely overwhelming, crushing dominance!

Three slashes sent three arcs of azure blade light streaking through the bodies of three Azure Armor warriors, directly splitting apart their prized high-tech armor—and along with it, their bodies!

A furious roar tore from Liang Yue's throat as she gripped her blade with both hands and charged headlong into the hundred-plus Azure Armor warriors, utterly fearless!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Huahua had, after a burst of gale-force wind, revealed her Qiongqi form.

Her body was pitch black, with a pair of wings sprouting from her back, and a black tabby's "king" stripe emblazoned on her forehead.

She planted herself directly in front of the Black-White Commander, letting out rumbling roars from her throat.

"A mutant beast?"

The Black-White Commander's expression visibly turned grim.

Mutant beasts were extremely rare, especially high-ranked ones.

An animal's innate wildness, combined with feline combat prowess, far surpassed that of humans!

The Black-White Commander twisted his neck.

"Who here isn't a beast?"

The moment his words fell, a surge of black supernatural power rose from beneath his feet like smoke. In an instant, he burst out of his armor, his body rapidly expanding until he transformed into a monstrous creature a hundred meters tall, clad in pitch-black armored plating!

A dinosaur-like monstrosity, resembling the movie monster Godzilla—but far uglier, its entire armored body covered in vicious spikes.

Huahua, whose size was only a few dozen meters, looked as small as a little kitten before it.

"ROOOOAR—"

It looked down at Huahua from its towering height and unleashed a furious roar. The shockwave slammed into Huahua, pressing down even her steel-needle-stiff fur.

But that only enraged Huahua further.

She let out a low growl and instantly pounced at the colossal beast!

In Tianshui City, three battlefields raged simultaneously in fierce combat.

And high above, the massive ball of silver lightning in Silver Armor's palm had grown larger and larger, finally condensing into an enormous sphere of lightning over a dozen meters in diameter!

The air around it twisted and warped. In Silver Armor's palm, the wound left by Zhang Yi continued to bleed, as if unable to bear the terrifying power contained within, his bones beginning to contort.

He gazed down from his high vantage point. From this distance, that spherical fortress looked pathetically small.

But even so, Silver Armor could pierce through the layers of clouds and lock onto Zhang Yi's position.

"God of Thunder, devour my enemy!"

The moment Silver Armor finished speaking, the massive bolt of lightning in his hand came crashing down toward the earth below, aimed directly at Zhang Yi's location!

"WHOOSH—"

The silver lightning tore through space in an instant, roaring and howling straight toward Zhang Yi with unstoppable momentum!

That terrifying force descended like a comet smashing through the dark clouds, plummeting toward the ground!

The entire sky over Tianshui City was illuminated by it. No one could escape its radiant glow.

Even Zhang Yi could feel a tremendous pressure bearing down from above!

"So this is the might of heaven itself?"

The first thing that flashed through Zhang Yi's mind was the lightning in Edo City—that sky-obscuring bolt that had split down from the very edge of the heavens.

Compared to that, Silver Armor's attack was practically child's play.

Zhang Yi raised his right hand, sensing the horrifying attack descending from the sky.

Then, the enormous white sphere of lightning came crashing down, slamming heavily into the Dimensional Gate!

Like a stone plunging into water, the terrifying energy battered against the Dimensional Gate, challenging the very limits of what it could withstand.

Silver Armor's eyes were locked onto the scene before him. He had some intel on Zhang Yi's abilities.

But he was absolutely certain that with Zhang Yi's strength, there was no way he could fully withstand this attack!

Because they had come thoroughly prepared for this battle.

And he was the most powerful among all the Silver Armor generals dispatched on this mission!

Even the two Black-White Commanders under him were extremely formidable—unfortunately, one had died before even achieving anything.

"According to the human world's standards for classifying ability users, this person's rating is around 22,000 points. But my rating is 26,000. That's more than enough for me to punch through his defenses in a single strike and send him to his grave!"

Silver Armor muttered with absolute confidence. He crossed his arms, standing in the sky like a god of thunder, waiting for Zhang Yi's Dimensional Gate to be shattered.

Yet the scene he had anticipated never came. The massive lightning sphere slammed into the Dimensional Gate, its pure energy causing the barrier to ripple violently.

But it sank downward slowly, failing to shatter the Dimensional Gate.

Instead, it was silently absorbed.

Until the last trace of lightning vanished, the colossal Dimensional Gate shield wall covering the entire fortress remained unbroken.

"After obtaining Wang Shouren's Philosophy of the Mind, my comprehension of supernatural powers has deepened. My progress in absorbing the Essence of Transcendents has also accelerated greatly. By now, I've already absorbed the Essence of Ultimate Evil Boy and Kami-musubi-no-Kami."

"So my rating right now is about... 25,000?"

Zhang Yi said calmly.