Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 690 - 334: Mystic Tortoise Shows Off

Chapter 690: Chapter 334: Mystic Tortoise Shows Off

Amilcare heard the singing.

——What does this mean? I’ve heard that some rare traditional Heroes might sing a song before making the ultimate sacrifice. But this rebellious martial artist’s level of Inner Strength is even higher than Holy Knight Ashur’s, so he shouldn’t be without the strength to fight me.

——A trap?

These thoughts flashed through Amilcare’s mind as he swept his lance horizontally. The shaft of the lance vibrated at high speed, smashing the wall in front of him like a powerful jackhammer.

Amilcare charged into a conference room. The solid wood table turned to sawdust in an instant in front of him. Amidst the flying wood chips, he swung his lance again, shattering the surrounding walls to maximum exposure to the room.

The high-precision Prosthetic Ears could even pick out a melodious song amid the industrial noise.

"...Echoes the beating of the drums/There is a life about to start/When tomorrow comes."

This is it.

Amilcare waved his hand. Several Martial Artists picked up Demolition Hammers and positioned themselves against that wall. Amilcare also briefly restored the wireless signal, synchronizing the countdown with his men.

At the end of the countdown, they would strike simultaneously, destroying the wall.

The Martial Artists even took a few seconds to visualize deep breaths to calm themselves.

No need to worry, we have been cautious enough. The surrounding Martial Power is sufficient. He’s completely surrounded.

An Internal master is extremely vulnerable once you get close to their actual body. Even the King or "that person" is no different.

Then, the countdown came to zero simultaneously.

An imaginary starting gunshot sounded simultaneously in everyone’s head. Old Master Zhao swung his lance, tearing through the metal wall in front of him.

There he finally faced the Internal master head-on.

The Internal master appeared to have a few new wires wrapped around him; apart from that, there was no difference. He stood there, one hand still holding Holy Knight Ashur’s gun. This guy even opened his arms slightly. To Old Master Zhao, it almost seemed like a prelude to a ’heroic sacrifice.’

To avoid any complications, Amilcare Zhao promptly launched the Laser Shoulder Cannon he had prepared.

But it was at that moment that he noticed something black seeming to fall off the enemy... as if dispersing in the air...

——This is...

In the instant that this thought formed, Amilcare’s shoulder-mounted laser cannon had already emptied its capacitors.

In the final instant, Amilcare finally saw that individual’s movement. The Hero made a slick turn, and a silver-gray mist nearly formed instantaneously.

Mystic Tortoise True Gang - Tortoise Form - Divine Turtle Longevity.

Among the Mystic Tortoise True Gang, it was the clever move that set up a rapid laser scattering layer.

After watching Hiroshi Matsushima’s combat records, Xiang Shan realized that Amilcare was very fond of laser weapons. When he recognized that Matsushima was not such an easy opponent to defeat, his first reaction was to the laser weapon. Constrained by the Martial Arts School building’s line of sight, he would also slap walls aside and then unleash laser attacks on enemies behind the walls.

Of course, a laser travels in a straight line and is not that difficult to dodge.

But dodging, how could that compare to ’borrowing force’?

Of course, the timing had to be just right. But Matsushima’s information had already revealed the charging and firing times of the high-power mode of this weapon, and just outside, the Lord had also exposed the firing rate of its rapid-fire mode.

With precise timing, the Mystic Tortoise True Gang could scatter this round of attacks.

In an instant too brief for consciousness to catch, the laser hit the Metal Aerosol. The magnetic field-aligned tiny particles scattered the beam in all directions. The flat particles could not achieve 100% reflectivity and naturally sublimated into gas in a very short time. But behind that layer of Metal Aerosol was another.

The defense layers created by the Metal Aerosol, like layers of sieves, each refracted a part of the laser. Some photons fell between the particles of Metal Aerosol and entered the next layer. Some were directly reflected at other angles, rushing toward the Prosthetic Eyes of other Protector soldiers. Others were reflected several times within the Aerosol Cluster.

The defense layers of Metal Aerosol collapsed, and even a small amount of laser ultimately fell on Xiang Shan’s body.

But the scattered laser’s power had already been greatly diffused.

The outermost layer of gray-black coating on Xiang Shan’s body sublimated under the effect of the laser, revealing a layer of silver reflective pattern underneath.

These were the events that happened in just a fraction of a second.

After this instant passed, screams erupted one after another.

The intense light energy was translated by the Prosthetic Eyes into powerful electric signals. Even though sensory prostheses have protective mechanisms to ensure the user doesn’t suffer brain damage from direct exposure to bright light or loud noises, the power of the laser was simply too great, and many Prosthetic Eyes were directly damaged. Their optic nerves were momentarily blocked by an excess of electrical signals, creating an indescribable agony.

Including Amilcare, everyone lost their vision instantaneously.

Because they had taken a surrounding strategy, for that moment, the Protectors couldn’t even rely on the method of ’blind firing’ to suppress the enemy with firepower.

The only one who still retained vision was naturally Xiang Shan, who had preemptively closed his Prosthetic Eyes and engaged the protective structure.

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As he dropped a sound device, he burst forward with his feet and charged toward Amilcare, closing in on him.

Mystic Tortoise True Gang - Turtle Style - Nurturing Turtle Technique.

Among the many skills of Turtle Style, "Nurturing Turtle Technique" didn’t even necessarily require the use of Metal Aerosol; several variants could be applied directly as combat techniques, and they were also well-suited as transitions between moves.

In an instant, Amilcare assumed a defensive boxing stance. But it was pointless. Xiang Shan had already predicted this move based on Hiroshi Matsushima’s data.

Xiang Shan placed one hand lightly on Amilcare’s lance while holding the gun of Holy Knight Ashur in the other.

Inside was a small-caliber HEAT round he had found on Ashur.

The HEAT round hit Amilcare’s right arm armor at an angle. The gunpowder propelled a metal jet that penetrated the external armor.

At the same time, the sound device Xiang Shan had just thrown timely played the prerecorded material.

Amilcare was deceived. He mistakenly judged that the shooter was right beside him, within the optimal striking distance of his lance.

Consequently, Amilcare raised his lance high while the shaft of the weapon retracted to its shortest length.

Then, with maximum power, Amilcare swung his arm, and the electromagnetic system propelled the lance forward like lightning in a frontal thrust.

Of course, the strike hit nothing. Just as a bowstring releases aimlessly, the unreleased kinetic energy backfired at the joint between the lance and the arm.

But Xiang Shan didn’t let this opportunity slip away. Taking advantage of the moment Amilcare’s move was spent and his posture limited by the inertia of the lance, he followed through with the "Nurturing Turtle Technique" posture, grabbed the shaft, then twisted his waist and spun around.

With a "snap," Xiang Shan forcibly pulled the lance out using leverage!

The heavy lance flew out and impaled a Martial Artist.

Thanks to this, in that instant, including Amilcare himself, seven or eight Martial Artists all realized the enemy’s position.

However, in that instant, they heard the whistling sound that shouldn’t be there.

Mystic Tortoise True Gang - Dragon Style - Gong Fu.

In myth, Gong Fu is the divine beast that transforms from a tortoise to a dragon. And in Guardian Zhi’s self-created Mystic Tortoise True Gang, "Dragon Style - Gong Fu" could be used to transition smoothly between most moves of the Turtle and Dragon Styles.

The chains that Xiang Shan had just released were flying out with several clusters of Metal Aerosol.

For some, their Prosthetic Eyes were also rebooting at this time. However, the first thing they saw was the image shredded by the Metal Aerosol.

Old Master Zhao even had the stray thought, "Why would an Internal expert cultivate a Gang Qi Weapon System that doesn’t match his Inner Strength?" But in that instant, he felt slightly relieved. He had no confidence in defending against his opponent’s Inner Strength; if they truly faced off, he could only pray that he had downloaded enough firewall patches.

But the use of the Gang Qi Weapon System essentially rendered that formidable Inner Strength useless. Unless there was a wired connection, any signal would be subject to the interference of the Metal Aerosol.

The moment Amilcare regained his vision, he saw a data cable coiled around his arm.

—Soft Weapon restriction? Ridiculous, my Prosthetic Body... what?

In that instant, Amilcare realized that it was a data cable, and its plug was inserted into the weapon port on his arm.

—Why... why didn’t it close automatically... ah!

Normally, if an attached weapon fell off during combat, the External Armor would automatically close to ensure the port was not exposed needlessly.

But using a metal jet from an Armor-Piercing Bullet, Xiang Shan had destroyed that closure mechanism.

Holy Knight Ashur’s weapon, with its caliber considered large among light weapons, was not enough to truly penetrate the External Armor of a One Layer Heaven Martial Artist’s Prosthesis. However, it was capable of damaging a movable structure on the outermost layer of the External Armor.

Old Master Zhao’s External Armor lacked tactile sensation, and up to now, he thought the misdirected Armor-Piercing Bullet was just to confuse his judgment of the enemy’s position, so he didn’t pay attention to it.

And what Xiang Shan’s "Dragon Style - Gong Fu" had just thrown was this device. To ensure it could latch onto the opposing interface, the plug end of the data cable was also designed with an electromagnetic structure, strong enough to affect the Metal Aerosol. And Guardian Zhi’s throwing technique applied in Dragon Style could be slightly modified to throw it.

The plug pierced into the port like a throwing knife.

Amilcare’s mind nearly crashed. He even pondered, "Why is the interface so perfect?"

But it was entirely his own fault.

It was he who had put on his equipment in front of Ashur-Lei-Goodrian. Xiang Shan had monitored that port clear as day.

From that moment, a 3D printer within the Pine Eagle Building had started operating.

And Mystic Tortoise True Gang had also eliminated another possibility—that Old Master Zhao’s accomplice could shoot the data cable off.

Even the best Gunner would struggle to perform such an operation without visibility.

Xiang Shan was now standing on Amilcare’s back. He reached out his hand, cupping Amilcare’s chin with one hand: "Show Time!"

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