You have suffered the opponent's Fatal Blood Curse; your heartbeat rhythm is now controlled by your adversary. The flow rate of your blood begins to fluctuate wildly, and with every shift in your cardiac rhythm, you will sustain a devastating blow, reducing your Vitality by 200 points, with a 50% chance of being stunned.
Afflicted by the opponent's Fatal Blood Curse, your Vitality is reduced by 121 points, and you are stunned for 1.5 seconds.
You are being corroded internally by the opponent's Dante - Corrosive Force; your Defense is lowered... You are being corroded internally by the opponent's Dante - Corrosive Force; your Defense is lowered... This effect is stacking, up to a maximum of 75%!
You are being invaded by the opponent's Kratos - Fury Force; your chance to be critically hit is increased... You are being invaded by the opponent's Kratos - Fury Force; your chance to be critically hit is increased... This effect is stacking, up to a maximum of... Fang Senyan stared at this series of notifications, his vision overwhelmed by a blinding, brilliant glare, accompanied by an intense, scalding pain, as if he were submerged in boiling water!
The bullets spat out by the silver-white machine gun held by the middle-aged man had woven themselves into a massive net of light, descending upon him from all directions. Behind Fang Senyan was San Zai; he could not, nor could he possibly, retreat even half a step.
In Fang Senyan’s philosophy, not retreating meant only one thing: advancing!
Advancing with relentless forward momentum!
He emitted a savage roar from his throat, deliberately choosing to absorb the enemy's fierce offensive barrage and charge straight into it. The sheer force of his charge was like a speedboat fighting the current, surging upstream against a waterfall at unparalleled speed, intent on breaching the very clouds!
The enemy facing Fang Senyan was naturally the temporary leader of the faction shattered by the Radiance Team (Correction: previously mistaken as the Illumination Society): An Tian. This individual was the pillar of his team, holding a status akin to Zi Zai in the Ace Team—immensely respected!
As Fang Senyan bore down on him, An Tian’s pupils involuntarily contracted slightly. Even an MT facing the ferocity of Fang Senyan’s assault would instantly have to switch from offense to defense. Yet, An Tian had never encountered such an utterly abnormal maniac—someone who dared to charge headlong into his attacks with such reckless disregard for life!
In the blink of an eye, Fang Senyan had covered half the distance. A significant portion of the fire unleashed by the machine gun—which had transformed from Mr. Florentine’s equipment—was absorbed directly by Fang Senyan; the remainder was parried or deflected, scattering into specks of white light that showered down like rain, dazzlingly beautiful.
Faced with this, An Tian could no longer remain calm. He smoothly extended his left palm and placed it firmly atop the silver-white machine gun.
Immediately, the surface of the weapon began to segment into small squares, much like a Rubik’s Cube, before rapidly twisting and morphing. It transformed into a silver-white shoulder-mounted grenade launcher, which then boomed as it ejected over a dozen silver-white light-shells, each the size of a washbasin, neatly covering the forty-meter area ahead in a carpet of devastating firepower!
Undoubtedly, this method of attack was the nightmare of all Assassin-class Contractors! No matter how fast their reflexes or how high their evasion, area-of-effect bombardment left them with no choice but to bleed Vitality points!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" In an instant, over ten indescribably massive plumes of smoke erupted on the hillside. The smoke towers reached twenty meters high, and the craters left by the explosions were at least ten meters in diameter—it looked as if several Katyusha rocket launchers were bombarding the area! Such an astonishing range of impact was truly breathtaking!
Yet, despite scoring a hit, An Tian felt no sense of triumph. He sensed that his attack had not gravely wounded the enemy; on the contrary, it had enraged him!
The terror emanating from a primordial beast was now pressing directly against him!
However, for one as battle-hardened as he, enduring far worse scenarios was commonplace. He immediately pressed both hands onto his formidable gear: Mr. Florentine.
This time, veins of cyan color surfaced on the tips of both of An Tian's fingers, winding like small snakes as they burrowed deep into the equipment! Mr. Florentine, now a multi-barreled grenade launcher, swiftly contorted once more, resembling a magic cube. This time, it transformed into a radar-umbrella shield approximately three meters in diameter, shimmering with silver-white light as it snapped into place protecting An Tian’s front!
Normally, shields are convex, but the umbrella-shield formed by Mr. Florentine adopted an inwardly concave structure. Upon closer inspection, its surface was covered with arcane patterns and symbols that seemed like an ancient, abstract script.
When combined, the silver-white umbrella-shield possessed a high-tech, futuristic aesthetic, while its surface engravings evoked primitive, savage, and ignorant cave paintings from millennia ago—yet they carried an air of profound menace. This stark juxtaposition of styles paradoxically amplified an ineffable sense of majesty and mystery. The closer one approached the umbrella-shield, the more they felt a colossal suction pulling them inward, as if it desperately invited an attack!
Facing this bizarre defense, Fang Senyan let out a loud laugh, his eyes sharpening!
No matter how you twist and turn, I will shatter it with one punch!
He closed the distance, charging in, pulling his elbow back, clenching his fist, gathering power... The deep green luminescence intensified, condensing until it was almost too dazzling for the eyes to bear!!
Then, with a great shout, Fang Senyan struck the very center of the silver-white umbrella-shield in a flash of electric speed!
Suddenly, the umbrella-shield thrummed, and the mysterious textures and patterns on its surface, agitated by Fang Senyan’s power, began to flash with a piercing, desperate light. They immediately generated a mirror-like force that violently rebounded—this temporary radar shield actually possessed a 100% damage reflection effect!!!
"So, this is the trick? Will it work on me?" Fang Senyan suddenly roared into the gale, his entire body enveloped in an indescribable, watery, translucent glow, as if a rippling current flowed over him.
"Emerge... Annihilation!!"
The shrill, dazzling light of Annihilation burst forth from the tip of Fang Senyan’s fist and sliced through the shield.
The mysterious patterns and markings on the surface of the silver-white umbrella-shield immediately blazed with intense light, seemingly attempting to replicate the power of Annihilation. But! The cost of this mimicry was instantaneous: they began to burn with crackling sounds, like a short circuit, turning instantly to ash!
This was an utterly forbidden domain—untouchable!!
Taking advantage of this moment, Fang Senyan’s punch broke through, snapping the surface of the radar shield with a loud kacha. Shards flew outwards like stardust. Where the fragments grazed the surrounding weeds, they immediately ignited in swift flames, and where a few pieces grazed rocks, they scraped out long, blinding streaks of fire!!! Such was the immense power of this single blow!
And Fang Senyan’s punch landed cleanly on An Tian’s right shoulder!
The force of this punch, by this stage, had reached its absolute zenith. Hitting An Tian’s shoulder first caused dense hairline fractures to spiderweb across his internal shoulder blade and arm bones. Then, radiating from the inside out, the structure exploded, shredding muscle and tissue, finally shattering into a cloud of bloody mist.
An Tian’s equipment, Mr. Florentine, also emitted a mournful wail, sounding like steel plate being savagely sawed by an electric cutter. It was estimated to have absorbed the residual stress, reverting to its silver-white box state, but the surface of the box was now covered in numerous clear cracks!
Fang Senyan had been pinned down and hammered for a full dozen seconds—swept by guns and bombed by explosives—but this single punch! This deceptively simple punch had collected all the cost and interest! Naturally, he felt an immense surge of exhilaration.
However, just as Fang Senyan intended to deliver a follow-up kick, his vision suddenly went black, as if he were instantly sealed within something. Looking closely, he saw only stone walls surrounding him. But he immediately realized this must be San Zai’s intervention, so he remained still. He then perceived a series of muffled explosions outside, sounding like the earth collapsing and the sky falling. Even under protection, Fang Senyan felt the intense shockwaves.
Only after the explosions subsided did Fang Senyan realize he was encased within a massive sphere of earth and rock. Naturally, this sphere was now heavily damaged and had been rolled fifty to sixty meters away from the main combat zone.
It turned out that immediately after Fang Senyan struck true, An Tian had teleported away. It seemed he possessed a "Blood Escape" method similar to Aldaris, triggering pre-set bombs on the hilltop. But San Zai and Kurutoguo would not allow him to succeed. They immediately utilized the Young Cyclops's innate ability, centering it on Fang Senyan and creating a colossal sphere of earth and stone around him, which tumbled downwards. The more violent the explosion, the greater the force propelling the sphere away from the blast center.
An Tian had teleported to another hilltop, gasping deeply, a current of resentment—even indescribable terror—surging within him! That single punch from Fang Senyan had been earth-shattering. An Tian’s long-proud defense capabilities had dissolved like paper against the might of that blow, pierced with ease!
What was even more terrifying was that An Tian’s team knew this was a fight to the death—succeed or perish. They had emptied their coffers to acquire vast quantities of precious consumables, including items for limb regeneration. Yet, after consuming the medicine, the residual Annihilation power clinging to the wound on his shoulder immediately taught An Tian the meaning of savage, domineering, and shameless force! The mournful glow of Annihilation flashed again, shattering the newly regenerated limb tissue on An Tian’s shoulder once more!