Chapter 701 - 671: Direct Combat

The gap between the Divine Demon Realm Early Stage and the Peak of Divine Demon Realm was immense.

True, Lin Xinghai’s strength had increased significantly compared to just a day ago. For example, before, when he used Thunderstorm, the damage he could unleash barely reached the Divine Demon Realm level.

But now, at full power, he was confident that a single Thunderstorm could injure even an expert at the Divine Demon Realm Middle Stage.

This was the limit of his conventional combat strength.

In his mind, Lin Xinghai had expected to face Fourth Level Early or Middle Stage Mutated Zombies. He felt he could have even grudgingly accepted a Late Stage one.

But the current situation was that there were two Peak of Fourth Level Mutated Zombies right here. The combat power of these two alone was comparable to ten Fourth Level Early Stage Mutated Zombies.

He had never anticipated a scenario like this. He wasn’t even sure if his trump card, the Thunder God Spear, could even harm a Peak of Fourth Level Mutated Zombie.

However, things had already come to this. Lin Xinghai couldn’t afford to worry about such things now.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Thanks to his tenfold Time Acceleration, he had ample time to think and make decisions calmly, even in such a tense battle.

So, even though Lin Xinghai processed a lot in that instant, to an outside observer, he showed no hesitation. The moment the three Mutated Zombies charged out of the tunnel, Lin Xinghai had his Mecha raise its modified Electromagnetic Railgun and fire a shot.

Many Mecha Pilots disliked using the Electromagnetic Railgun for one simple reason: it was incredibly difficult to control.

While piloting a Mecha, there was no tactile feedback when firing an Electromagnetic Railgun, which caused accuracy to drop by at least half.

Furthermore, higher-Level Mutated Zombies had a much keener Perception of danger. Therefore, even when people used an Electromagnetic Railgun, they could typically only hit First or Second Level Mutated Zombies.

Hitting anything of a higher Level was practically out of the question.

Truth be told, even Lin Xinghai couldn’t possibly hit a sprinting Fourth Level Mutated Zombie using pure skill alone.

Of course, aside from skill, he could also manipulate the bullet’s trajectory.

The Electromagnetic Railgun’s projectile was massive—nearly the size of a fist—making it more than ten times harder to control than an ordinary bullet.

By the same token, its destructive power was also more than ten times that of a standard Armor-Piercing Bullet. Not even a Gauss Rifle paired with Depleted Uranium Armor-Piercing Rounds could begin to compare.

The sheer impact force of a projectile fired from the Electromagnetic Railgun was enough to inflict damage on the Divine Demon Realm level.

BOOM!

With a deafening roar, the protective layer of Elemental Power covering the Hunter running at the very front was instantly shattered.

The rapidly spinning projectile shot straight toward the Hunter’s eye, but the creature promptly raised its arm to shield its face.

The projectile slammed into its arm, shattering the keratinous layer on its surface. The impact sent the creature flying five or six meters before it managed to regain its footing.

Despite knocking the creature back with a single shot, Lin Xinghai’s expression showed no joy.

True, his shot had pierced its Elemental Barrier and even shattered its keratinous layer, but the problem was that such a wound was nothing to a Mutated Zombie. It was like a human getting a minor scrape.

And this was against the Hunter, which had the lowest Defense Power. Against the far more durable Giant Arm and Death Claw, Lin Xinghai doubted one of his shots could even break through their Elemental Power Defense.

Though slightly disheartened, Lin Xinghai’s hands never stopped moving. Under his control, the Electromagnetic Railgun roared repeatedly, firing projectiles at each of the three Mutated Zombies.

Simultaneously, he fled in another direction, attempting to draw the aggro of all three Mutated Zombies onto himself.

If he could accomplish that, he could then use his Speed advantage to stall for time and wait for rescue.

It was a good plan, but the enemy refused to play along.

Even though the Hunter had been hit three times in a row and was looking rather battered, at a roar from the Death Claw, it only shot a vicious glare at Lin Xinghai’s Mecha before rapidly closing in on the vehicle convoy.

The moment he saw this, Lin Xinghai knew they had a clear target from the start.

These three Fourth Level Mutated Zombies hadn’t all come for him.

In terms of potential, their Xinghai Squad was far superior to the others; after all, their team comprised the entire class of Special Class Students.

The spies the Abyssal Plane had planted among humanity couldn’t have failed to notice this. Furthermore, if they knew of Liu Miaomiao’s existence, they would definitely expend great effort to kill her.

After all, Liu Miaomiao’s Healing Ability was terrifying. She alone was comparable to dozens of Healing Element Superpower Users.

"Watch out! The Hunter is headed for you!" Lin Xinghai yelled into the comms channel.

As he spoke, he was already piloting the Mecha, drawing the Mjolnir from its back. He executed the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique, thrusting straight at the charging Death Claw.

Although executing a Spear Technique through a Mecha without infusing it with Blood Qi Power made it impossible to bring out the full power of the Thunder Splitting Spear Technique, it did make his moves more profound.

But for Lin Xinghai, that was enough. While under the effects of Time Acceleration, his Mecha’s attack speed was terrifyingly fast. He relied on this extreme speed to thrust out more than a dozen spear afterimages.

Moreover, every one of these spear afterimages aimed for the Death Claw’s vital spots. This startled the creature, forcing it to instantly switch from attacking to defending.

DING! DING! DING!

A dense series of impacts rang out. None of Mjolnir’s attacks could even break through the Death Claw’s Elemental Barrier.

This enraged the Death Claw. Feeling as though it had been tricked, it ignored everything and attacked again.

Lin Xinghai thrust his spear again, but this time was different. He directly activated the Mjolnir’s integrated Thunder Grid function.

A terrifying, high-voltage current was instantly released, piercing the creature’s Elemental Barrier in a flash. The spear’s tip shot straight for its eyes. Although the Death Claw reacted quickly and dodged, with Lin Xinghai’s attack speed, there was no way it could completely evade the blow.

In the end, the spear tip grazed the Death Claw’s head, leaving behind a long gash, and the surrounding skin was scorched black from the electricity.

After landing the hit, Lin Xinghai instantly shot backward, dodging not only the swipe of the Death Claw’s Sharp Claw but also the massive iron rod swung by the Giant Arm from behind.

But after dodging their attacks, Lin Xinghai didn’t pull back completely. Instead, he made small-scale evasive maneuvers, using his Speed advantage to launch a relentless stream of harassing attacks.