Chapter 203 - 126: A Lingering Ghost
Through the slit of its helmet, the Black-armored Giant’s eyes burned like two eerie, dark-red flames, coldly locking onto the diminutive gray-robed man before it!
Although the core of the energy fluctuations emanating from its colossal body was still Qi Force of the Force Integration Level, the sheer volume was like a vast ocean, so immense it was suffocating!
The oppressive aura from that massive amount of Force Integration Level Strength, surging through the inhuman shell, sent a bone-chilling terror deep into the soul of the gray-robed man, who had only just achieved Great Success in the Bone Forging Realm!
"Th-this is impossible! W-what in the world are you?!" the gray-robed man shrieked, his voice distorted by extreme fear.
The scene before him completely shattered his perception of reality!
"Big Foot... could you really be Bigfoot?!" he suddenly cried out, a flash of realization on his face.
But his answer was the Black-armored Giant’s colossal fist, crashing down like a battering ram!
The terrifying wind pressure from the displaced air stole his breath before the fist even arrived!
The gray-robed man’s soul nearly fled his body in terror. He unleashed the full power of Great Success in the Bone Forging Realm, thrusting out both palms and condensing his life’s Power to meet the blow!
BOOM—
Like a clap of muffled thunder!
A violent blast of air erupted from the point of impact, spreading outwards and completely blasting away the surrounding ruins!
The gray-robed man felt an indescribably terrifying, immense force madly surging up his arms!
His prized Bone Forging Force, strong enough to pierce gold and stone, was clearly of a higher quality than the other’s mottled Force Integration Level Qi Force and could easily tear through its outer defenses.
But the opponent’s massive amount of Strength was like wave after wave of a furious tide, instantly weakening and swallowing his destructive power layer by layer!
What made him despair even more was his opponent’s physical body! That form, covered in black scales, was ridiculously tough!
His Palm Force struck it, yet it only managed to leave shallow white marks and produce the sound of clashing metal!
It felt like he was striking a moving iron city wall!
"Impossible! Break!" The gray-robed man, a mixture of shock and rage, madly output the power he’d gained from burning his life force. His palms became a sky full of gray-black palm shadows, carrying a sinister and corrosive Strength as they rained down like a tempest on the Black-armored Giant’s vital points on its chest and abdomen!
CLANG! CLANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
The dense barrage of impacts sounded like a blacksmith’s hammer! Jin Qi flared in all directions, and the ground continuously erupted!
However, the Black-armored Giant only swayed slightly. The Scale Armor covering its vitals was beaten until sparks flew, and some fine cracks even appeared, but they mended in an instant, healed by some powerful self-regenerating Ability!
The giant’s dark-red eyes remained cold, as if it couldn’t care less about attacks that felt like little more than a tickle.
The more the gray-robed man fought, the colder his heart grew with mounting dread.
He felt as if he were trying to shake a towering mountain!
His strength was draining rapidly. The backlash from burning his life force began to manifest: his aura grew unstable, and the hair at his temples turned increasingly white.
’Monster! This thing’s a monster!’
A despairing thought exploded in the gray-robed man’s mind.
His mission, his revenge—all of it was cast to the winds.
He now had only one thought: to flee! To get as far away as possible from this unnamable, terrifying being!
He suddenly feinted, using all his strength to knock away the giant’s descending fist, and turned to flee without a shred of hesitation!
Pushing the speed of Great Success in the Bone Forging Realm to its absolute limit, he shot towards the alley’s entrance like a gray shadow!
But he had only taken a few steps before a suffocating shadow loomed over him!
The Black-armored Giant’s massive body moved with a speed that completely defied its size. As fast as a phantom, it instantly crossed dozens of feet. Despite having moved second, it arrived first, blocking the alley entrance!
A giant hand, covered in cold black scales, descended upon him with a sharp whistle that tore the air, like an inescapable net cast from the heavens!
"NO!!!"
The gray-robed man let out a desperate roar, his eyes filled with absolute terror.
He desperately mustered the last of his Qi Force to protect his body, but in the face of such absolute power and speed, it seemed so pale and feeble.
BANG!
The giant hand snatched him up and squeezed as if crushing a baby chick. The sickening sound of splintering bone followed, and the terrifyingly immense force instantly crushed all his struggles!
The last thing the gray-robed man saw were the two emotionless, dark-red flames under the Black-armored Giant’s Helmet, and the other giant fist, the size of a millstone, slowly being raised!
Despair! Boundless despair completely swallowed him!
BOOM!!!
The giant fist came smashing down with destructive force!
The alley floor trembled violently! A cloud of dust mixed with the nauseating stench of blood erupted into the air!
The gray-robed man’s head exploded like a watermelon smashed by a heavy hammer! Red and white, mixed with shattered bone and brain matter, splattered all over the ruined walls!
Although the gray-robed man was dead, the berserk lust for slaughter in Jiang Che’s heart did not subside. Instead, it surged like boiling oil poured over his heart, burning his eyes crimson!
"ROAR—"
The Black-armored Giant let out a muffled roar, its giant fists like pile-driving hammers. Wielding a Barbaric Power that could crush anything, it struck once! Then again!
It madly hammered the headless corpse on the ground!
POUND! POUND! POUND! POUND!
The ground trembled violently, sending Broken Stone flying!
Flesh and bone were utterly obliterated by the absolute power, mixing with the dirt and rubble to become an unrecognizable, foul-smelling slurry of gore!
Only after this berserk killing intent was fully vented did the crimson in the Black-armored Giant’s eyes slowly fade, and a sliver of "Jiang Che’s" clarity returned.
HUFF—
Heavy gasps sounded like a broken bellows.
The menacing Black Armor covering his body receded like a tide, and the massive body quickly shrank back to its original size.
Jiang Che’s figure reappeared in the ruins. His clothes had been shredded during the Transformation, and now, bathed in blood and covered in the enemy’s flesh and bone fragments, he leaned on his knees, gasping violently.