Above The Sky
Chapter 778 - 778 26 Who Says You Can't Stab Someone to Death without a Gun Head_2

778: Chapter 26: Who Says You Can’t Stab Someone to Death without a Gun Head?_2 778: Chapter 26: Who Says You Can’t Stab Someone to Death without a Gun Head?_2 This is perhaps an overestimation of Ian’s capabilities.

If he had been given more time, he might really have been able to produce a couple of Armored Suits, but wasn’t he almost rushing out of the Imperial Capital because of the Prophet’s portent?

Regardless, now was the time to take advantage of Ian’s lack of Armored Clothing and either eliminate him or capture him.

Over in Fiery Flame Land, there was a hefty bounty on the head of this ingenious young lord!

Serpent Rock and Zhenzhou immediately took off in pursuit in their Armor Suits, and after ingesting a large quantity of potions, Chief Tiechen also set his spine right.

He looked at his flattened Armor Suit with a pained expression and bellowed, “Troops!

Assemble!

Stop wailing like cowards.

I haven’t made a peep, so what the hell are you screaming for!”

“Reform the ranks, target Leyan City!”

—Since Serpent Rock and Zhenzhou wanted to capture that rascal for their merit, he would take Leyan City as his!

Meanwhile.

At the edge of Leyan City, where the defensive line was situated.

“Ready the cannons, we are about to face the onslaught of the Mountain Troops—charge the Magnetic Storm Coils with the Magnetic Storm Armor, there might be enemy Ascenders or Armor Suits attacking, we must hold our position, fight around the Magnetic Storm Coils!”

Scott saw the signal sent by Ian from afar, the concealed white smoke from the alchemical potion, and immediately understood that the plan was going perfectly.

The Mountain Troops had their formation disrupted, their Sublimators were detached from their own ranks, unable to support each other.

As long as Ian dealt with the Mountain leader before the regrouped Mountain Troops arrived at Leyan City, whether it was an army of one thousand or ten thousand, facing Leyan City armed with Magnetic Storm Coils, they would turn to ash with a mere ‘sizzle’.

Even if there were Second Level Sublimators, facing Magnetic Storm Coils controlled by Electric Blue and Gu Ying (Adalbert), it would be difficult for them to gain any advantage.

But the question was, how did Ian plan to deal with those Mountain strongmen who, in theory, did not fall short of him and also had their Armor Suits?

Last time, his victory came because he had an Armor Suit and his enemies didn’t.

Now that the enemies did, how would Ian respond?

Scott didn’t know how to solve this problem, but Ian told him to be at ease.

Because the answer to this problem was actually very simple.

When Serpent Rock, pursuing a stumbling white figure, arrived at the river area behind Leyan Lake, what he saw was a scene that short-circuited his brain.

Because of the suit’s adaptation issues, Chief Zhenzhou, who had caught up to Ian ahead of him, was driving his Armor Suit, rolling towards the slender youth—this scene was like a Giant crushing an ant underfoot; the heavily armed Armor Suit could seemingly crush the young Alchemist Lord completely with just its weight.

But what happened next went beyond his imagination and common sense.

Because Ian raised the sword in his hand.

In an instant, all the rainwater on both sides of the river froze, and the ice crystals hovered in the air, reflecting the calm smiling face of the white-haired youth.

“You actually chased me all the way here—more impulsive and more careless than I imagined.”

The Mountain Chieftains heard Ian’s faint voice, laced with an almost imperceptible trace of emotion: “Honestly, did you never consider the possibility?”

“That is—I don’t need an Armor Suit to be stronger than you?”

—The answer was that simple.

As he spoke, the sky full of ice crystals transformed into a sprawling ice storm, swiftly twisting into shape in the sky—a vast amount of Earth Origin Quality burst forth from the seemingly frail youth, forming a slowly spinning vortex of ice in mid-air.

And at the very bottom of this vortex, at the tapered end of the funnel, was the longsword in the youth’s hand.

All the rainwater in the river area began to freeze, turning into frost-rain, visibly expanding from Ian as its epicenter.

—A change in the heavens, was this the Peak of the Second Energy Level?!

Serpent Rock was dumbfounded, but how could this be…

How could a sixteen-year-old youngster possibly possess the strength of the Second Energy Level Peak?!

Before he had time to ponder this question, in this place with no other people, no other witnesses, a perfect “crime scene.”

Ian began to charge——at full speed, with all his might, with the strength of a Rock Cast Knight, coupled with Fairy Wings and the Frost Comet Skeleton.

Bang!

A violent rush of air burst forth from behind Ian, forming two visible white trails as he wielded his longsword, instantly drawing a vacuum tunnel behind him.

The human eye simply couldn’t capture such speed, only a flash of black sword light was seen, and Zhenzhou’s Mud Shield along with the right arm it sought to block with was sent flying high.

“This damn kid, how many potions has he taken?!”

The chief of Zhenzhou couldn’t comprehend this inconceivable situation for a moment and, realizing that her Armored Armor had been severed at the arm, quickly understood that Ian was not someone she could deal with in her normal state——she immediately pulled multiple potions from her bosom and injected them into her armpits and neck.

Instantly, accompanied by seven or eight needles that she didn’t have time to pull out sticking in her neck and body, the chief of Zhenzhou let out an angry roar.

She used her own Earth Origin Quality in conjunction with the Alchemy Furnace Core to enhance her armor.

Suddenly, the mud from the river area soared into the sky, covering the armor above, and then transformed it into a giant as tall as nine or even ten meters!

Although not exaggeratedly large, the giant moved with exceptional agility.

It pressed a palm toward Ian——this press, with its weight and speed, was at least several hundred tons of direct brute force, plus the surging Earth Origin Quality.

With one punch, even a city wall would be sent flying, and Armored Armor would be directly crushed.

This was the all-out force of the Zhenzhou chieftain at a life-risking level——enough to make any Second Level Sublimator’s blood run cold, even compelling them to dodge at the highest speed!

Purely overpowering by brute strength.

But Ian had no intention of dodging in the slightest.

He still charged at the mud and stone giant at his fastest speed.

Carrying the power of frost, his longsword rapidly gained a longer and massive icy edge as the young man dashed, the strongest swordsmanship that Ian had grasped in Avak’s laboratory.

——The Warship-Cutting Greatsword!

Boom!

The sword collided with the giant’s hand, producing a sound of metal striking metal, as the armor within the giant, which had been enhanced, clashed with the ice blade.

The mud and stone giant immediately felt a massive force threatening to shatter its hand, its body wobbled, beginning to retreat, and the chieftain of Zhenzhou had no thoughts other than disbelief in her mind——was there actually someone who could defeat an Earth Ascender in a head-on clash of strength?

Even among the Fae, not even a Silver Fairy was this exaggerated, right?

But what made her more terrified was that Ian, as if he had not encountered any recoil, accelerated again, slashing toward the core of the mud and stone giant, the area of the Armored Armor’s cockpit.

Recoil?

Ridiculous!

If Ian wished, his simple Primitive Externalization could prop up an Origin Quality giant twenty to thirty meters tall.

This did not even include the Ancient Dragon Heart Core and Aether Crystal.

The defensive strength of the Silver Scale Armor’s spectral shield was uncountable times stronger than the Swamp Crocodragon’s Mud Shield.

If the Zhenzhou chieftain planned to overpower by strength, then Ian was using sheer speed pushed to the limit of the Second Energy Level to bully his opponent!

With one strike of his sword, it seemed to the enemy that only a stream of dark-colored blade light remained, sweeping across the sky, extending to both sides, splitting heaven and earth apart.

At first, the mud and stone giant’s body showed no change, but soon, traces of being Icebound spread from its middle.

And just when the pale frost completely covered the entire mud and stone giant, its body split open.

The massive giant, along with the Armored Armor within it, was perfectly cleaved from the chest, along with the person inside——crimson blood gushing forth, then frozen by the cold temperature, clumps of mud mixed with blood fell to the ground.

The collapsing mud and stone giant fell backwards, hitting the ground hard, causing the earth around to shake violently.

The chieftain of Zhenzhou was dead.

After that, Ian turned to look at the Serpent Rock Armor, who had been stunned by his side, revealing a smile once more.

And this time, the young man’s smile sent a chill through the heart of Serpent Rock, who always prided himself on being cautious and small-scale.

At that moment, he realized.

He was finished.