Chapter 431 - 88: Those Who Block Me Die

The surrounding Rebel members looked horrified, bleeding from their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. On both sides of the freighter, the hail of bullets and artillery shells was agitated by the sonic boom, exploding in mid-air.

The water of the Red River also burst open with a series of BANGS, shooting up pillars of water. Even Legos and the others were shaken, their peripheral vision subconsciously drawn to the source of the sound wave.

Crimson Fire surfaced in Lu Chao’s eyes as his expression gradually turned serious.

Wu Yuntao’s eardrums ruptured, leaking fresh blood, yet a cold sneer hung on his face.

"Don’t you have any other tricks?"

He suddenly thrust his hand out, forming his fingers into a sword shape, and stabbed straight toward Lu Chao’s eyes.

Sensing the fluctuation of his aura once again, Lu Chao raised his right palm in mid-air to block his face.

CLANG!!

Like a steel needle piercing iron, both of their arms trembled.

Lu Chao gradually realized how troublesome his opponent was, and in his line of sight, Wu Yuntao no longer bothered to hide his intent.

"Where is your Secret Technique!"

SWISH!!

His figure flashed, instantly appearing behind Lu Chao.

A trace of chill rose from the bottom of Lu Chao’s heart. He made a prompt decision, activating his Frenzy State and smashing down with his left arm.

CLANG!!

A crisp sound exploded as a circular wave of white air dispersed.

A black battle blade slashed into view. The incomparably sharp blade scraped against the fist armor on his left arm, producing a hiss of sparks.

A cold and bloody aura bloomed from it, piercing straight to the heart and causing an inexplicable palpitation.

"Haven’t you always been looking for the one who injured Ge Hongfeng?"

Lu Chao’s gaze focused.

"Originally, I didn’t want to intervene," Wu Yuntao said coldly, his aura gradually climbing higher. "But who told him to be your martial uncle?"

Lu Chao stared dead at his face, taking in his cold sneer and mockery. At the same time, he saw streams of liquefied black patterns manifest out of thin air on the other party’s face.

In just the span of a single breath, Wu Yuntao was enveloped in a set of black biological armor, his imposing manner rising even higher.

BOOM!

The air vibrated, and the steel plates beneath his feet shattered.

As if receiving some invisible buff, the silver-blue Qi Flame on his opponent’s body rapidly transformed, gaining a touch of inky blackness.

"For the Ink Blade to be unsealed, it must drink blood!

"Since you want to seek death today, this is perfect!"

SWISH!!

Wu Yuntao slashed his blade over, the black light arcing through the air like a crescent moon, heading straight for Lu Chao’s face.

CLANG!!

A crisp sound echoed.

Lu Chao clapped his palms together, catching the blade.

Sparks flew across the surface of his fist armor. With a grave look in his eyes, his intuition sensed that the Qi Flame on his body was gradually weakening, being absorbed by that black blade.

In contrast, Wu Yuntao’s momentum grew even stronger, seemingly amplified by the absorption. He had already completely surpassed the level of a veteran Exploration Level expert.

"A biological weapon... the Ink Blade?"

BUZZ!!

Lu Chao stared intently at the black blade before him, sharply sensing the eerie strangeness within it.

Covered in black scales, Wu Yuntao seemed like a different person. His aura became even colder and more oppressive.

In a fleeting moment, his opponent’s Qi Flame erupted. He forcefully slashed the black blade, breaking free from the pincer attack of the Palm Seals.

Amidst the SWISH SWISH SWISH of continuous blade flashes, the fist armor clashed with the blade light. The brown Qi Flame on the surface became less and less, as if forcibly absorbed away.

Wu Yuntao seemed to grow stronger the more he fought. Under this ebb and flow, his aura continuously climbed. He even occasionally slashed out blade qi that transformed into black crescents, tearing through the deck and crisscrossing toward Lu Chao.

CLANG CLANG CLANG!

Lu Chao continuously threw punches and thrust his palms, shattering the blade qi and blocking the blade lights.

The powerful impacts forced him to retreat step by step. The Qi Flame on his body gradually thinned, and his stamina drained faster along with it, clearly influenced by that Ink Blade.

Gradually, he suddenly understood why the other party had been able to break through to the Exploration Level so quickly, and why he gave off such a cold and bloody aura.

Without a doubt, this biological weapon had an extremely bizarre energy-absorbing effect. It could even convert a portion of the energy to buff its owner.

SWISH!!

Immediately, before he could think further, a silver-blue electric light flashed as a black afterimage darted over.

"Die!!"

Wu Yuntao shouted coldly. Arriving before him, electric arcs flickered at the corners of his eyes, leaving behind two long trails of silver-blue mixed with black light.

The black Ink Blade slashed horizontally once again, wrapping in silver-blue and black Qi Flame. It danced in a circle, tearing through the sky and chopping straight for his neck.

Everything was about to be settled; the entire world seemed to fall quiet at this moment.

The howling blade was enough to cleave through everything. Even before it hit, it sent a chill across Lu Chao’s skin, leaving him with no doubt that his head would be chopped off.

However, his heart was completely peaceful, especially when he met those cold, ruthless eyes—the only part of Wu Yuntao that was exposed.

Everything from the past surfaced in his mind: from gazing upward insignificantly at the Jinshi Boxing Hall to his rapid progress in catching up later on; from the narrowing of their strength gap in the Hive District to this formal battle now.

He had surpassed his past self step by step, turning all grievances into history.

CLANG!

In a split second, the black blade was caught by Lu Chao’s single palm. No matter how the sharpness within erupted, it could not break free.

Wu Yuntao’s pupils shrank.

He only felt that the temperament of Lu Chao in his sight had changed, his gaze profound and devoid of any distracting thoughts.

"If this is your trump card...

"Then... it’s time to end it."