Volume 1, Chapter 47: The Might of Thunder

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Swish!
Countless tough vines imbued with paralyzing toxin, stimulated by her power, burst forth from the ground like a swarm of green pythons, crazily entangling the thrusting stone spears and the enclosing earth walls. Even more slender vines shot with pinpoint precision toward the joints and energy pipelines of the powered exoskeleton soldiers.
"Tricks of a paltry skill!" an exoskeleton soldier uttered through a mechanically synthesized, icy voice.
Clang!
A high-frequency vibrating blade, over a meter long, popped out from the exoskeleton armor on his arm, the edge kicking up visible ripples in the air. With just a gentle sweep, those immensely tough vines were cleanly sliced through as if a hot knife were cutting through butter!
"What?!" Su Mengyi's face turned pale; for the first time, her abilities were so effortlessly countered.
"Die!"
In that exact fraction of a second, seizing the opening when Zhang Nan was forcefully resisting the firepower, an exoskeleton soldier's back thrusters erupted violently. His massive frame transformed into a silver-gray afterimage, and he slammed a fist directly at Zhang Nan's head!
"Screw your mother, you tin can!" Zhang Nan's eyes bulged with rage. Without dodging or evading, he likewise abandoned defense and activated "Titan Might"!
His body seemed to be pumped with air, instantly expanding a layer. Beneath his bronze skin, a metallic luster flowed. Abandoning his giant shield, he met that mechanical iron fist head-on with a fist wrapped in rock-like muscles in a solid collision!
Boom—!!!
A metal impact sound loud enough to shatter eardrums exploded outward!
A visible shockwave spread wildly centered around the two of them, whipping the gravel and dust on the ground high into the air!
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
Zhang Nan was actually forced back three consecutive steps by the immense force of that punch. His entire right arm was uncontrollably numb, his bones feeling as though they were about to fall apart.
As for that exoskeleton soldier, he merely swayed slightly before stabilizing his footing.
The strength amplified by the powered exoskeleton was surprisingly no less inferior to Zhang Nan when the latter had activated "Titan Might"!
"Heh heh, see that, Li Hexuan?" Zhao Wuji's triumphant, maniacal laughter echoed across the battlefield. "This is the foundation of Apocalypse Corporation! This is the power of technology! In the face of absolute equipment suppression, your pathetic personal supernatural ability is nothing but a joke!"
Zhang Nan was suppressed, and Su Mengyi was countered; the situation instantly slid toward an abyss.
Yet, facing this certain doom, Li Hexuan's face showed not even a shred of panic.
Looking at Zhao Wuji's face, which wore the expression of one who thought victory was already in his grasp, he instead smiled—a smile as icy as ten-thousand-year-old glacial ice.
"Technology?"
He slowly raised his right hand, aiming it directly at the powered exoskeleton that had just driven Zhang Nan back.
"In the face of absolute energy manipulation, it is merely a delicate toy."
He did not even use any flamboyant moves, simply uttering two words softly toward that killing machine.
"Overload."

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Hum—!
Without any warning!
All the data streams on that exoskeleton soldier's retina instantly turned into a chaotic, bloody red, and a shrill, piercing alarm wailed inside his helmet! Every indicator light on his exoskeleton went crazy, flashing simultaneously!
He tried to struggle, only to find that all the joints throughout his body were completely locked down by an invisible force, unable to move even a single finger!
He could clearly sense that the core steadily supplying energy from behind was running wild and out of control in an incomprehensible manner!
"No..."
Boom—!!!
A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar!
That powered exoskeleton, representing the pinnacle technology of Apocalypse Corporation, burst apart from within like an ignited bomb!
Rampant flames and shockwaves blasted countless precision parts and mutilated limbs into the sky, transforming them into a rainstorm of steel and flesh!
The entire battlefield fell instantly into a dead silence.
Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events.
The wild laughter on Zhao Wuji's face froze completely.
Li Hexuan's "Electromagnetic Control," after absorbing the power of the source energy core fragments, had long undergone a qualitative transformation! He no longer merely controlled metal; he could directly interfere from a microscopic level with all precision electronic equipment, and even with the stable operation of energy cores!
He was the natural and absolute bane of all technological equipment!
"You... what did you do?!" Zhao Wuji's voice was filled with incredulous horror.
Li Hexuan did not answer him.
His icy gaze, like a deity inspecting ants, slowly swept over the remaining seven powered exoskeletons.
His hand was not even raised.
Just a glance.
Hum! Hum! Hum!
Intermittent alarms instantly sounded simultaneously inside the remaining seven exoskeletons!
"No! Stop it now! My system is out of control!"
"Help! Ah—!"
Frightened screams were completely swallowed by one explosion after another.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

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A series of chain explosions magnificently staged themselves throughout the industrial park! The ace troops of which Apocalypse Corporation was so proud—those eight killing machines that had once brought endless oppression—turned into a spread of burning scrap iron and charred corpses in just a few short seconds!
Blazing flames soared into the sky, and thick black smoke billowed.
Li Hexuan stood right in the center of that steel graveyard, not even a trace of electric spark flickering around his body, as calm as an outsider.
Yet it was precisely this calmness that produced the ultimate terror!
Zhao Wuji was scared out of his wits! Everything he was proud of, the capital he relied on to run rampant, was as fragile as paper before this man!
Run!
This thought instantly occupied the entirety of his mind!
"Earth Escape!"
Zhao Wuji roared, driving his full-body ability crazily. Without hesitation, his body sank toward the ground beneath his feet, attempting to tunnel deep into the earth and escape.
However, the moment one foot sank into the ground, an icy voice rang out right above his head.
"Did I give you permission to leave?"
Zhao Wuji jerked his head up, only to meet a pair of eyes so indifferent they were devoid of any emotion.
Immediately following that, a brilliant silver lightning bolt, even more blinding than the sun, tore through the dim sky, descending with the supreme majesty of judging all things!
The Thunder of Judgment!
"No—!"
Boom—!!!
The lightning strike hit the exact spot where he was about to tunnel into the ground with pinpoint accuracy. The violent energy instantly "blasted" him out of the earth by force!
Zhao Wuji flew out over a dozen meters like a broken sack, smashing heavily onto the ground. His entire body was charred and smoking, his sturdy combat suit shattering inch by inch, countless bones broken. Lying at Li Hexuan's feet, with more air going out than coming in, only a pair of eyes remained filled with endless terror and despair.
The entire industrial park was as dead as a genuine graveyard.
Only the burning scrap iron emitted crackling pops, and the billowing black smoke shot straight into the clouds like beacons leading to hell.
Zhang Nan and Su Mengyi stared dazedly at the figure standing in the center of the ruins, turbulent waves crashing in their hearts.
By his own power, in the blink of an eye, he completely annihilated the ace tech troops of which Apocalypse Corporation was so proud.

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