Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 560 - 204: Trading Injury for Life

Chapter 560: Chapter 204: Trading Injury for Life

The Martial God appeared like a shadow above the Sect Defenders wielding the Yin-Yang Axes of Subsidiary Meridian.

This was the most vulnerable link in the entire battle formation. The Yin-Yang Axes, a unique weapon that was a magnetic trap, were initially designed only for the Sonicon Blade. Guardian Zhi later developed a method to use it in conjunction with the Mystic Tortoise True Gang. On Earth, very few people knew how to use this weapon, and naturally, the Sect’s Defenders of the Six Dragons Sect hadn’t learned it either.

Guardian Zhi giving this thing to the Sect’s Defenders was merely to create psychological pressure and mislead the decision-making of the nameless hero.

However, Guardian Zhi had underestimated Xiang Shan’s capabilities.

Xiang Shan was the creator of cyber martial arts. After learning traditional human martial arts, he deconstructed their design philosophy and counter-strategies, then recombined them and used supercomputer resources to validate his own success.

It was because he had traversed this path that he had an uncommon grasp of the philosophy, strategy, and psychology behind "Martial Arts."

At first, he was indeed somewhat intimidated. But after a few moves, he had clearly judged that the Sect Members’ movements with the Yin-Yang Axes were entirely different from Guardian Zhi’s.

There was a 0.01% probability that this guy used a completely different but equally effective technique of the Yin-Yang Axes of Subsidiary Meridian.

And the remaining 99% probability was that this guy didn’t know how to use the Yin-Yang Axes at all.

Taking advantage of the cover provided by Guardian Zhi’s Mystic Tortoise True Gang, Xiang Shan charged directly within five steps of this Sect’s Defender.

The Sect’s Defender, holding an unfamiliar weapon, made the wrong first move. He didn’t drop the Yin-Yang Axes but tried to throw them as Guardian Zhi did.

Xiang Shan spun, and the Yin-Yang Axes slid past his chest. But his movement didn’t stop, his left foot suddenly lifted, swirling like a whirlwind, while his right hand, deep down, pressed on the opponent’s hand back, twisting and stirring in an instant, snatching the Yin-Yang Axes down.

The Sect’s Defender hadn’t even reacted fully when Xiang Shan struck with a high sweep kick, breaking his balance. Then, Xiang Shan’s right foot landed firmly on the wall, retracted his left foot, and then sprung out like lightning.

Accompanied by a loud "bang," the Sect’s Defender was directly kicked down by Xiang Shan, plunging toward the ground.

He didn’t even have time to scream.

At that moment, Guardian Zhi’s Yin-Yang Axes finally hit a speaker that had been thrown out by Xiang Shan.

—— Terrible...

Guardian Zhi was taken aback, his soul shaken and spirit wandering.

In the midst of battle, Xiang Shan had unexpectedly thrown down several speakers and stuck them to the wall. As Xiang Shan did this, he continued to fight with him and used the frequency of the battle to mask the initial noise of the speakers.

And every second, the speakers influenced Guardian Zhi’s judgment.

By the time Xiang Shan threw out the last four speakers, Guardian Zhi had already accumulated a huge amount of errors due to the speakers.

But there was also a difficulty. Due to the presence of the Metal Aerosol spread by the Mystic Tortoise True Gang, it was impossible for Xiang Shan to use wireless signals to adjust the content played by these speakers.

All playback content was preset "scripts."

—— This included multiple simulations of footsteps and the sound of breaking air... as well as adjustments to the high and low parts of sound... even faint echo, reverb... his predictions...

In fact, this preparation took place before Guardian Zhi executed "Dragon Style - Ya Zi."

While Guardian Zhi was doing simulations for the Dragon Style of the Mystic Tortoise True Gang, Xiang Shan was also pondering the use of speakers.

Xiang Shan was too familiar with this strategy. In the distant past, if there were top hackers like Aqini involved, and Xinyu couldn’t support in time, he would habitually start with the Mystic Tortoise True Gang.

Even if "Dragon Style" was content invented by Guardian Zhi, the entire set of the Mystic Tortoise True Gang was also based on the architecture he had designed.

It’s not so much to say that this protector of the Six Dragons Sect indeed had something.

Xiang Shan snatched the Yin-Yang Axes, then wiped his hand over the "reel" in the middle.

[Detected new available device... awaiting authorization...]

[eeeeeeeeerrrrrror]

[Connected]

"The next part is not an anticlimax—I can confirm that," Xiang Shan said as he turned around, crouching and gathering strength.

Then, he charged.

Xiang Shan crossed the sound barrier in a few steps.

And because of "Mocking Wind," Guardian Zhi was in a state of weakened defense.

Xiang Shan raised his arm, his forearm like a blade.

At the critical moment, Guardian Zhi executed "Tortoise Style - Nurturing Turtle Technique," using its magnetic levitation mirror surface to cover his own stance while lowering his center of gravity, constructing a defense.

Then, it was broken by a move from Xiang Shan.

Although Guardian Zhi felt his thoughts were hindered by the impact to his head, causing constant buzzing inside his consciousness, he managed to grab a tiny "opportunity."

"Snake Form - Nanda Dragon King" burst forth in the interval.

—— The next move was to connect to Dragon Style - Gong Fu, then followed by Dragon Style - Pulao and Snake Form - Unheated Naga King, which could at least lead to mutual destruction...

But death didn’t arrive as expected.

Guardian Zhi’s thoughts lagged slightly.

Xiang Shan had no intention of pursuing further; after breaking his stance, he stepped forward.

Five steps later, he charged out of the silvery gray haze again.

The Martial God confirmed his target—the Sect’s Defender from the Six Dragons Sect wielding a large-caliber firearm.

The Sect’s Defender had slower neural reflexes than Guardian Zhi. His anti-material sniping rifle was still aimed at the position where the previous Yin-Yang Axes Sect Defender had been.

It was only then, due to the metal aerosol blocking his vision, that he saw Xiang Shan.

Thus, he urgently swung his gun around.

But Xiang Shan hadn’t moved any closer. He shielded his face with his left hand while he raised his right hand above his head and punched down directly.

The target was the gun barrel.

Xiang Shan’s punch was extremely fast, instantly turning the gun barrel into a segment of bent metal.

Almost simultaneously, a splash of metal erupted from the rear of the gun.

The gun burst.

The Sect’s Defender instantly lost his sight.

The Defender stumbled backward, trying to find a bit of space to counterattack.

Guardian Zhi had almost been knocked off the wall by Xiang Shan and had just managed to stabilize himself. He couldn’t move at that moment and had to resort to his old trick, using "Dragon Style - Mocking Wind" again.

But the situation was entirely different now. Xiang Shan threw the Yin-Yang Axes with his hand, and the reel device also rotated rapidly, sending the axes flying farther.

When it came to the "Magnetic Trap - Yin-Yang Axes," the Martial God himself was not as skillful as Guardian Zhi. Without a mature Martial Arts Algorithm, the Martial God couldn’t have learned "Mystic Tortoise True Gang - Dragon Style" by just watching.

But Xiang Shan didn’t need to be so meticulous.

As long as the two connected cords of the Yin-Yang Axes collided, they were destined to entangle.

According to the principle of minimum energy, any system will spontaneously "seek" the state of lowest overall energy. For a cord storing both kinetic and potential energy, this "lowest energy, most stable state" is when they are tightly wound together.

The bane of Cyber Yin-Yang Axes was the Yin-Yang Axes themselves.

And the "experience model" Xiang Shan summarized in a short period of time was enough to block Guardian Zhi’s attack.

"Mocking Wind," having only been half-executed, became a tangled mess and lost its momentum to move forward.

And with Guardian Zhi’s move failing, Xiang Shan seized the opportunity to end the game.

The blind Firearms Path Defender couldn’t see this scene. He kept retreating and then swiped at his waist, pulling out the last large-caliber assault rifle.

—Just a few more seconds...

Then Xiang Shan suddenly reached out and grasped the back section of his gun barrel, twisting it hard.

To avoid damaging this weapon as well, the Firearms Path Defender quickly complied with the force and twisted the gun barrel. He desperately recalled information on "Soft Fist" and "Jujitsu" from his memory, struggling with the enemy over the weapon in his hands.

At that moment, the last Sect’s Defender of the Six Dragons finally crossed the metal aerosol and came to support. He kept his head low based on previous intelligence to avoid being witnessed by the hero.

But he obviously wasn’t watching his path.

Xiang Shan, holding the Firearms Path Defender’s gun, forcefully twisted it in a direction, directly aiming it at the last Sect’s Defender’s head.

In the dark field of vision of the Firearms Path Defender, an error message suddenly popped up.

Then, his smart firearm fired.

This intelligent firearm, which is triggered by electric current to ignite the gunpowder, of course required user authentication.

Of course, anything that requires authentication will have hackers who try to crack it.

The gun was almost instantly emptied.

Before the recoil hit, several bullets, like a coherent metal spear, burst out, hitting the last Defender’s forehead, with the subsequent bullets driving through the previous ones, directly piercing the Defender’s skull.

The body fell powerlessly.

The magnetic module at the feet of that Defender suddenly malfunctioned. Of course, this was an attack using inner strength. Xiang Shan grabbed his gun along with his hand, pulling him off the wall like uprooting a radish, then flung him downward into the air.

"If you aren’t dead, go give the weapon designers some feedback. Next time, don’t make the sensor module for electronically triggered weapons so large."

Xiang Shan spoke leisurely, even having the leisure to glance at the escalating chaos on the ground.

Guardian Zhi threw away the Yin-Yang Axes and charged forward, roaring. This time, he indeed felt a mix of grief and rage.

This emotion was also infused into his martial arts.

It was still the move "Mystic Tortoise True Gang - Snake Style - Taksaka," but this time he truly exhibited a spirit of mutual destruction.

Xiang Shan blocked two moves and sneered, "Mystic Tortoise True Gang has one flaw: it is not suited for group combat. Unless specially trained and using unique tactics, practitioners of Mystic Tortoise True Gang can hardly coordinate with any teammates. The metal aerosol blocks most command systems and even obstructs teammates’ views. This set of martial arts is only suitable for solitary assassins..."

Guardian Zhi interrupted, "You’re not as leisurely as you appear, great martial artist. That move ’Nanda Dragon King’ you flicked during the exchange hit you... It’s likely that you can’t lift your thigh, right? Even you can’t maintain form under these circumstances, can you?"

"Enemy of the Six Dragons... die together!"