Chapter 767: The Awakening of the Tank
Even though Jiangnan knew the news, it would still take some time for him to reach the Northern No-Mining Zone!
Right now, Jiangnan was riding a centipede on his way here!
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However, the battle in the No-Mining Zone was exceptionally brutal!
Fires and giant craters were everywhere!
Ling Feng's mecha arm was shattered again, and he slumped to the ground, his other arm pinned to a boulder by three bone spikes!
Wang Ba lay on the ground, spitting blood, his tortoise shell covered in cracks!
Gong Lin's abdomen was pierced by a bone spear, blood gushing endlessly!
Ye Zi was severely injured and unconscious, Wu Liang struggled to get up several times but fell back down!
Xia Yao limped as she fed Xiong Er small ginseng, her calf bleeding profusely!
Xiong Er propped himself up with difficulty: "Feed Big Bear, he can't hold on much longer!"
But when Xia Yao reached into her bag, the ginseng was already gone!
Ling Feng and the others had used up almost all their first-aid kits, yet they still couldn't take down Fito!
Fito, whose bone armor was covered in ferocious sword scars, was now punching Roberte, one fist after another!
Even his glasses were shattered!
His steel sword was broken in two, lying on the ground!
"Boom!"
He kicked Roberte hard in the stomach, sending her flying a hundred meters!
Sprawled on the ground, she spat out a mouthful of blood, her eyes dim, almost losing the ability to move!
In the end, they had sacrificed the entire team's health to buy the Strong Light Radars a chance to escape the battlefield!
Fito shook the blood off his fist, a cold smile on his face: "You're the most annoying trash I've ever met!"
"Fight? Why don't you fight anymore? I'm stronger than all of you combined!"
He wasn't afraid if the main force ran off; after dealing with Ling Feng and the others, Fito could hunt them down one by one!
"Heh, I love seeing you guys so devoted to each other. Can't stand watching your teammates die in front of you, right?"
As he spoke, he walked up to Gong Lin, pressing a bone blade against her neck: "Core location! Speak or not?"
Gong Lin gritted her teeth: "The Core is a must for us Huaxia!"
"As a Pioneer, you must lead by example, guiding the era forward! Defend the nation, strengthen the country! Not a step back!"
"The Core! Never let go!"
Fito's face twisted in fury: "Fine! Then die!"
With that, the bone blade was about to fall, aiming to sever Gong Lin's neck. Everyone's eyes turned red!
Wang Ba used the last of his strength, eyes red, roaring: "What are you looking at!"
Fito's body stiffened, two veins bulging on his forehead: "Still daring to mock me? Then you die first!"
He charged forward, his bone fist smashing heavily into Wang Ba's tortoise shell!
Punch after punch, muffled sounds like thunder, blood splattering!
"Speak or not! If you don't, I'll beat you to death!"
Wang Ba covered his head, spitting blood, gritting his teeth and holding on!
"Fight! Fight all you want, damn it! I, Wang Ba, have no other skill, but I can take a beating!"
Fito was enraged, his fists like heavy cannons, swinging wildly!
"Die! Just die!"
The tortoise shell was shattered, but Wang Ba stubbornly held on!
As long as he held on a little longer, his teammates could survive a little longer!
If he took the beating, his teammates wouldn't be hurt!
One more second! The more time for Nan Shen to arrive!
The pounding continued!
Gong Lin's eyes red, she screamed hoarsely: "Brother Ba! Stop! Stop it!"
Ling Feng's face was twisted, struggling wildly, the arm pinned to the boulder bleeding profusely!
"Come! If you've got the guts, come at me!"
By now, Wang Ba didn't even have the strength to speak, on the verge of being beaten to death!
Wu Liang used his head to push against the ground, forcing himself to stand, his eyes bloodshot!
"As the team tank, if any teammate dies before I do, it's my failure!"
"I don't accept it! Fight me!"
Red light flared up on Wu Liang again. Fito's expression turned ferocious: "Eager to get beaten, huh? I'll grant your wish!"
He charged at Wu Liang, fist swinging down!
Wu Liang, with his Golden Bell Cover and Thorns Armor active, protected his head and held on!
The crisp sound of bones cracking made everyone's eyes burn red!
Wu Liang was only Gold rank! How many punches could he take?
Fito would beat him to death!
Fito was injured by Wu Liang's thorns damage, blood spilling from his mouth, furious: "None of you will speak? Is a Core really worth it to you?"
Wu Liang gritted his teeth: "I just want my brothers on the front lines to all have Spirit-Binding weapons, so fewer people die each year!"
"What others have, we must have! We must!"
At that moment, Xiong Er and Xia Yao went completely berserk. Even though Fito was Diamond, they charged at him recklessly!
But Fito sent them flying with two punches, tumbling far away!
Yet they got up immediately and charged again!
Wu Liang felt the world in his eyes turn blood red, and he couldn't even feel the pain!
Wang Ba, with only one breath left, half-opened his eyes, his face gray, but he grinned weakly!
"Kid, I'm your senior. What's a junior like you trying to steal the show for..."
"You... what are you looking at!"
As he said that, a faint red light flickered on him once more!
Fito's bloody fist froze, fury rising in his heart!
Are you two walking me like dogs?!
"Just die!"
He charged back at Wang Ba, fist aimed at his head!
Wang Ba had already closed his eyes. In his current state...
Even if he didn't take this punch, he wouldn't last more than a few minutes!
It was good to buy the team a little more time!
Sorry, Brother Wu Liang. Let your senior go first this time!
Ling Feng and the others had completely lost it. Experiencing the loss of a teammate once in a lifetime was enough!
They didn't want to experience it again!
Just as the fist was about to land—
A spatial wormhole suddenly opened in front of Wang Ba!
A crimson fist, steaming with white vapor, punched out of the wormhole with an unstoppable force!
"Boom!"
A deafening blast split the air!
It slammed hard into Fito's chin! The bone armor on his chin shattered!
Fito's head was knocked sideways, his body spinning and flying over three hundred meters!
He crashed heavily into a boulder!
Jiangnan, his whole body steaming with white smoke, stepped out of the wormhole, his eyes blood-red like fire!
"Get the hell out of here!"
Instantly, the scene fell utterly silent. Everyone stared at Jiangnan's sudden appearance!
Ling Feng, Gong Lin, and the others widened their eyes, spitting out a mouthful of old blood in excitement!
Had they finally made it?
Blood dripped from Jiangnan's fist as he looked at the mess on the ground and the tragic state of Wang Ba and Wu Liang. His eyes burned with unparalleled fury!
Fito spat out a mouthful of blood and snorted: "Finally, someone worth my time!"
"If you hadn't shown up, I would have killed them all!"
Jiangnan's emotions surged violently, his anger almost consuming him!
But the angrier he got, the calmer he became!
"Today! One of us has to die!"
"Boom!"
The moment the words left his mouth, Jiangnan charged with his halberd!
"Eight Gates of Escape! Seventh Gate, Shock Gate! Open!"
In an instant, Jiangnan activated both Blood Incineration and Eight Gates of Escape!
His physical functions were pushed to the limit, constantly letting out agonized groans of overexertion!
But Jiangnan had no choice!
That punch just now had tested it—against Fito!
Even with Blood Incineration fully active, it wasn't enough. He had to stack Eight Gates of Escape and go all out!
Fito grinned ferociously, stacking four Spiritual Arts on himself: "I've been wanting to kill you for a long time!"
"Today, you're the one who's going to die!"
With that, he charged as well, his bone blade clashing violently with the halberd!
"Clang!"
A metallic screech rang out. To Fito's shock, he was sent flying by a single halberd strike!
How had Jiangnan become so much stronger than before?
Even Ling Feng and the others were stunned. He had knocked Fito back from a frontal attack?
That fierce?
Nan Shen wasn't this strong before, was he?
The moment Fito landed, Jiangnan teleported in, raising the blood-drinking halberd high!
He slashed down at Fito!
"Boom!"
The immense force drove Fito straight into the ground, creating a huge pit dozens of meters wide!
At this moment, Jiangnan was even more violent than if he had activated Berserk!
He gave Fito no chance to catch his breath, roaring as he swung the halberd down again and again!
The pit kept expanding, the ground shaking with cracks spreading like a spiderweb!
For the first time, Fito experienced what it felt like to be pinned down and beaten!
Even when he shot bone spikes at Jiangnan, they were all teleported back by spatial wormholes!
Roberte stared blankly at Jiangnan!
So this was Nan Shen's true strength—even more formidable than when she had seen him before!
Meanwhile, the giant centipede arrived carrying Mila, Zhong Yingxue, and Hai Di!
Seeing Roberte lying on the ground covered in blood, Hai Di was terrified: "Roberte, how did you get so badly injured?"
Even Zhong Yingxue gasped at the carnage on the battlefield!
Especially Wang Ba and Wu Liang—their injuries were so severe that even small ginseng might not save them!
But if there was no small ginseng, there was Mila!
Fortunately, this was the No-Mining Zone, where they could use their abilities!
Mila clasped her hands against her chest in a prayer gesture!
A radiant light wing spread behind her!
"Restoration!"
Instantly, golden pillars of light enveloped Wu Liang, Wang Ba, and the others!
Blood outside their bodies flowed back in, and even Wang Ba's shattered tortoise shell was restored to its original state!
Even their torn clothes returned to normal!
Restoring so many people at once quickly drained Mila's spiritual power!
She quickly pulled out some durian pulp and stuffed a few bites!
Wang Ba stared at his hands in shock, utterly incredulous!
I was down to my last breath, and now I'm fully healed with no injuries!
What kind of insane healing Spiritual Art is this?
Roberte's pupils contracted as she watched her shattered glasses lens restore itself to perfection!
She had never heard of a healing Spiritual Art that could repair objects!
This effect was almost like time reversal!
Was this girl a time user? No... it couldn't be, right?