Lord of Prayer

Chapter 52: Chapter 47: You Are Surrounded by Me

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In Room 405, the manager gathered his remaining underlings. He opened a hidden door in the office, entered the password to unlock a safe, and took out pieces of weaponry and equipment to distribute to everyone.

“All of you, grab your gear and go slaughter that bastard! We only have one path left—a fight to the bitter end!”

His face was savage as he said, “Don’t think you’ll survive by surrendering! Think about the things we’ve done. The Star Association will never let us go… Rather than be used as test subjects and subjected to all sorts of torture worse than death, we might as well die a quick one. Maybe we can even take an Ascender down with us!”

Everyone present was a desperate outlaw with several lives on their hands. From the day they entered the Realm of the black market, they had been prepared to die. Now, they felt little Fear. Instead, their inner savagery was stirred. One by one, they began wiping down the assorted firearms in their hands, their eyes filled with killing intent.

“Old Li, Old Sun, the boss took good care of you two, and you owe him your lives many times over. Now is the time to repay him.”

The manager opened an iron box with an icy expression. Inside were two metal syringes, each containing a viscous, dark green liquid that gave off a sinister aura.

From the crowd, two smugglers silently stepped forward, took the syringes, and walked out without a word.

“All of you, spray yourselves with the scent concealer so you don’t get caught in the crossfire.” The manager then took a bag of spray cans from the safe and threw it on the floor.

Everyone picked up a can and sprayed themselves. Before long, a nauseating stench filled the air.

Soon, everyone was fully armed. Carrying all sorts of firearms and even some Alchemy Equipment, they flooded out of the office.

The clamor gradually faded into the distance. The manager stared at the last item in the safe with a dark, gloomy expression, his face filled with intense ruthlessness.

’If it’s a fight to the bitter end, then let’s make it a total wipeout…’

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「In the processing plant.」

THUD! THUD! THUD!

The black iron Exoskeleton Armor crossed several meters with each step, almost as if it were leaping. It moved like a speeding truck, demonstrating superhuman mobility.

Once the system locked onto the fleeing figure ahead, the machine gun on its shoulder began to spin, spitting out a terrifying whip of thunder and fire that instantly pulverized the processing machines along the production line, sending sparks flying everywhere.

At the same time, Zhou Chen finally spotted the two boxes that the Birdman had someone sneak in. They were in a pile of crates not far away, and he charged toward them without hesitation.

In that moment, he exploded with astonishing speed, moving even faster than the machine gun could swivel. He sprinted to the boxes and opened them as quickly as he could.

He didn’t grab the T-Type Vibrating Hammer first. Instead, he reached out and equipped a Metal Arm Guard.

Behind him, red-hot bullets tore through the air with a whistle. The man inside the Exoskeleton Armor had a vicious grin on his face, as if he could already see Zhou Chen being ripped to shreds.

In a flash, Zhou Chen raised his arm. The Alchemy Matrix on the Metal Arm Guard lit up, and a special alloy unfolded in a tiered, rotating bloom, expanding into a round shield that protected him from behind.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!…

A storm of bullets swept over him. The immense impact forced Zhou Chen to slide backward, his feet carving two scorched tracks into the floor.

After the gunfire roared for tens of seconds, the red-hot barrel stopped spinning. The last few shell casings clattered to the ground, joining the heap of scorching-hot shells already scattered there.

The man inside the Exoskeleton Armor stared intently at the life signs detected on his system interface, unable to believe it—the target was still alive!

Through the drifting smoke and dust, Zhou Chen glanced at his Alloy Shield. Aside from a few negligible dents, it was perfectly fine.

This special Alchemy-Synthesized Metal was hard. Ridiculously hard.

He walked forward, picked up the T-Type Vibrating Hammer from the ground, and looked at the Black Iron Armor in the distance with a grin.

“—Now it’s my turn.”

The burly man’s eyelids twitched, and a chill went down his spine. He decisively raised his left arm, aimed the Grenade Launcher at Zhou Chen, and—BOOM!

However, without the suppressive fire of the machine gun, a grenade was no longer a threat to Zhou Chen in such an open space. He flexed the muscles in his legs and abruptly shifted sideways, dodging the explosion. With the shield in one hand and the Vibrating Hammer in the other, he charged forward.

The burly man was, after all, a hardened veteran of many firefights. He didn’t panic. He activated the micro-submachine guns mounted on the Exoskeleton Armor and aimed specifically at Zhou Chen’s legs.

As if he had anticipated it, Zhou Chen constantly weaved and dodged the bullets. Puffs of dust kicked up from the ground behind him, chasing his heels, but he was impossible to hit.

Before the burly man could even empty the submachine gun’s magazine, Zhou Chen was already in front of him.

—Right in his face.

Zhou Chen pressed the activation switch on the Vibrating Hammer and set the power to maximum. A vibrating hum erupted from the hammer’s head—a metallic roar.

He swung his arm, using a terrifying arm strength that surpassed several thousand pounds. In an instant, he accelerated the Vibrating Hammer to an incredible speed, unreservedly pouring all of his Power into this single, air-splitting strike.

“Eighty!”

CRACK!

Amidst the roar of colliding steel, a blinding flash of sparks erupted. Immediately after, with the deeply dented point of impact at its center, a web of fine cracks appeared on the Exoskeleton Armor, spreading outwards in layers.

Amidst the disintegrating metal fragments, the burly man was sent flying with Rapid Speed, smashing through one processing machine after another before finally tumbling wretchedly across the ground for several dozen meters. The torso of the Exoskeleton Armor was Twisted and deformed, severely damaged by the hammer blow, revealing the red flesh and blood mixed with shards of steel within.