Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 735 - 379: Burn My Broken Body [Part Four]

Chapter 735: Chapter 379: Burn My Broken Body [Part Four]

Xiang Shan easily filtered out the voice of the Ninth Martial God among the Twelve Zodiacs from the background noise—for him, who had acquired the memories of the Ninth Martial God, this was equivalent to "his own voice."

Unlike ordinary Internal Martial Artists, in order to synergize with the Personality Mask of the Eighth Martial God, he had also specifically trained the skill of "connecting with memories in the hard drive." For him now, the difference between "memories recorded in the hard drive" and "memories recorded in the Biological Brain" was very small.

Therefore, he was already aware of the intelligence conveyed by "Taurus" and "Virgo" one after another.

He said to the Ninth Martial God, "We can’t go on like this. There’s a particular pain in the ass that needs to be dealt with. I’m going to blow him away, or else you simply won’t last until the evacuation of all civilians in the city."

As he spoke, his body released an even denser Metal Aerosol, then he quickly charged forward.

The Ninth Martial God himself immediately gathered the swords in his hands and charged in the same direction with "Cancer."

The so-called "pain in the ass" referred to that senior officer who employed the Gang Qi Martial Arts.

In modern Martial Artist’s combat, "intelligence" and "tactics" have an extraordinary level of importance, "the right place and the right time" are also indispensable, followed by "resources." For a long time, Xiang Shan had always been in a position of "absolute superiority in intelligence." His enemies just regarded him as a "common insurgent" and consequently completely misjudged his dangerousness. Yet, he could rely on a higher level of Inner Strength and forcibly steal more data.

But in Paradox City, on the Ninth Martial God, everything was reversed. Nine had been thoroughly studied back and forth for sixty years here. Everything in Paradox City was designed against Nine. The incredibly high deployment rate of Sonicon Blades meant that anyone could inflict a fatal wound on Nine.

Moreover, Nine was using a Cosmic Prosthetic Body.

If this were in space and the equipment on both sides remained the same, then no matter how many times the Paradox City Army increased—tenfold or twentyfold—it would be of no avail. Such military forces were simply unable to move freely in space; the Twelve Zodiacs could transform themselves into a slaughterhouse production line, and given some time, they could kill the entire Paradox City Army.

But this was on Earth. Nine’s Cosmic Prosthetic Body, highly specialized for Coronal War, was a complete burden.

Without ultrasonic radar, he might not even have a sense of hearing.

In the Metal Aerosol, the Twelve Zodiacs were like blind men with open eyes...

Well, perhaps a little better than blind men with open eyes.

Strictly speaking, they did have a usable perception—detection of magnetism.

The sensory part of the Gang Qi Martial Arts System could generate a weak electric current when cutting through magnetic lines of force and convert it into a certain kind of special "tactile signal." This was originally intended for better manipulation of Metal Aerosol. If one doesn’t sense their own magnetic field but instead detects external magnetism while moving—that is, the hostile Gang Qi Martial Arts practitioner—it’s not impossible.

But few people did this.

Moreover, The Ninth Martial God and the Twelve Zodiacs did not carry a complete Gang Qi Weapon System.

Gang Qi was the enemy of the Military Martial Path, and Baĭjī Cāoyǎn, however, was the standard Battle Formation Style Military Martial Path.

A complete Gang Qi Martial Arts System would interfere with Nine’s own command.

The Ninth Martial God and the Gang Qi Weapon System of the Twelve Zodiacs can only open a single magnetic levitation mirror surface at the front—more precisely, at an oblique angle above the head.

The complete Gang Qi Martial Arts System used by Xiang Shan only interferes with the flow of signals.

Therefore, even if the Twelve Zodiacs can perceive Lian Yunhui’s magnetic field, they could only detect an extremely vague position—comparable to something glimpsed out of the corner of one’s eye, making it hard to analyze the gathered information about the target’s location.

Currently, within the Protector Army, only one user of the Gang Qi Martial Arts has appeared.

As long as they kill this person, Nine could break through the situation.

Xiang Shan spread his arms, and a denser metal aerosol sprayed out from his elbows, then rolled back, adhering to his external armor. The thin metal aerosol around him was also somewhat troublesome for Xiang Shan. Within the Snake Form of the Mystic Tortoise True Gang, there are several moves, including those used by Taksaka, which are meant to take advantage of humans’ instinctual "priority judgement mechanism" towards "elongated crawling creatures" to occupy the enemy’s limited brain computational resources. Only the move "Manasvati" involves using large aerosol clusters for movement.

And the low visibility caused by the sparse metal aerosol greatly limited the effectiveness of the "three-dimensional magnetic field tricks."

The "Stardust Rotation Technique" is more focused on rough control over a large area, often used in large-scale frontal battlefield exchanges, whereas the Mystic Tortoise True Gang is more about engaging with small groups of elite enemies. These strategic differences stem from the different personal experiences of David and Xiang Shan. In early assassinations, David often acted as the frontline fire support, while Xiang Shan was responsible for deep infiltration and beheading.

The Stardust Rotation Technique is more suitable for dealing with large groups of enemies.

Furthermore, Xiang Shan must emphasize that the Stardust Rotation Technique is not complicated to master. It requires only about one-tenth of the computational resources needed for the Mystic Tortoise True Gang and is more suited for beginners of Gang Qi Martial Arts. However, to go further on the path of the Gang Qi Martial Arts, it is inevitable to transition from David’s Stardust Rotation Technique to his Mystic Tortoise True Gang.

However...

Since they can’t take advantage of this instinctive fear now, they might as well not try to use it.

The high-density Mystic Tortoise True Gang around Xiang Shan contracted and expanded, making the soldiers around him feel as if their vision had suddenly turned grey and white, and they could not see anything. Most soldiers at this time would instinctively attack directly in front of them.

But Xiang Shan would make a diving move, curling his three-meter-tall body to an unbelievably small size, pressing low to bypass the obstruction of the enemy’s weapons.

The movement technique drove the metal aerosol, which in turn carried the air. The abnormal sound of the wind produced during this process left most soldiers temporarily without judgment.

Afterwards, Xiang Shan turned around and struck like lightning. When his palm root hit the back of the enemy’s head, he also released an electromagnetic pulse, which alone could paralyze the opponent if his iron palm strike didn’t suffice, as the electromagnetic pulse could destroy the electronic devices within the opponent’s skull.

Metal aerosol couldn’t defend against such a point-blank electromagnetic pulse.

Accompanied by a gust of wind, a row of soldiers fell. Those to their left suddenly lost the "upstream" signal and immediately moved to "fill the gap." But inevitably, the battle formation would reveal flaws during the move.

And the Ninth Martial God didn’t miss this slight flaw, immediately following up and scattering the reinforcement squad.

He had almost lost all perception. But, the Ninth Martial God did not panic. His code did not call up the commands that represented "panic."

All he had to do was follow the direction of the discordant wind in front of him, and he would certainly be able to behead that "pricky enemy."