Chapter 170: Ambush
Even though he had seen countless unimaginable and unbelievable scenes for ordinary humans, he was still stunned for a moment when he saw this scene for the first time.
The reason why it is known that it is copper is because at the edge of that area, the copper film is still golden yellow.
Right now, the copper film enveloped the block, and from a distance, the buildings seemed to turn gold and red.
This is undoubtedly Dai Bingcheng using his own ability.
Li Zhen tried to contact him, but the other party's communicator seemed to be damaged, and there was only a rustle in the headset.
He frowned, strode to the middle of the vehicle, opened the sealed hatch and got out.
The armored car was marching bumpy, and on his left and right side were two torrents of steel. They are already less than two kilometers from the city of Murmansk, so the temperature has dropped to an outrageous level.
The moment he stepped out of the car, his eyes went dark - the cold instantly killed his exposed body cells, and he didn't even have a chance to feel pain. Therefore, he immediately activated the spiritual energy inherited from the core of the Philippines, and the air around him quickly became scorching.
The speed at which he healed himself was astonishing. A second later, his pale, cloudy eyes cleared again, and he saw the distant scene again—far more powerful than it seemed on the screen.
The copper streams on the buildings are not static – they are flowing as if they were alive. From building to building, it turned into countless scorching tentacles, melting snow and water vapor everywhere they passed, and even flames began to ignite in several buildings.
Li Zhen realized. Dai Bingcheng also seems to have broken through the limitations of the "king" level.
He'd reached his peak twice in two hours, and the current situation was clearly not what he could have done before. The nearly fifty-year-old man whose body should have begun to fail had taken his psionic power to the pinnacle of the metal "copper" - and now it was he who was causing the atoms to move wildly, causing the cold metal to produce terrible heat on its own, and even turn into fluid.
The heat heated up a large area of air, allowing him to fight outdoors without having the abilities he had.
Apparently his enemies were so difficult that he had to take the risk first. Li Zhen could even speculate that Dai Bingcheng might be at a disadvantage right now—otherwise, according to his character, he would only drag the other party down, rather than create such a momentum before reinforcements arrived.
As a white knight, An Ruosu was once evenly matched with Dai Bingcheng and was a tricky enemy. However, with her strength, it will never make Dai Bingcheng busy today. So much so that there was no time to send a warning signal to them. Then there is another—the elder in the Gate of Truth.
In the old era when A-class was rare. The Gate of Truth has a recognized king, the King of the Earth. But William, the king of the earth, died extremely aggrieved, he was hit to death by Li Zhen.
But in fact, there is also a "king" in this organization, and he is the elder with the surname "Longinus", the nameless king.
Although the title sounds a little awkward. However, the elder's previous situation was even more "awkward."
The rating of the capable follows the standards developed by the Americans. But there is no absolutely strict and precise system for this kind of thing. Because you can't gather all the capable people and have the world's best martial arts conference. So about the rating of the grade. In particular, the evaluation of the king level depends more on the ability of this person in actual combat.
There are other people besides Dai Bingcheng who can control metal, but Dai Bingcheng is the strongest and far superior to the others, so he is the "Bronze King".
In addition to Sun Muran and Kitagawa Qingming, there are also others who can control the ice and snow. But even the gap between the "second in the world" and the "first" is like a world of earth, so they are the "king of wind and snow".
But for Longinus, he had no reference.
His ability is to manipulate time. This unbelievable psionic ability, which violated all the physical laws known to mankind in the old era, was unique to him, and no one could figure out what level he was among his peers.
So in the end, he was cautiously considered to be an A-grade. But there is another common perception that he has already reached the level of "king" in terms of actual combat ability.
Li Zhen stood on the armored car and frowned suspiciously.
Something is not right.
Those who are at the Gate of Truth should know that the one who has been killed by himself. It is not humble to say that at the moment, he himself is a "primeval star monarch", and he has the ability to control the overall situation. In such a situation, they would even take the initiative?
The ability to control time sounds overbearing, but it doesn't pose a threat to him right now. Jumping out at such a time, there must be some other explanation besides "sending to death".
He turned his gaze to another part of the city.
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The fire in the city was getting bigger and bigger—after a thousand degrees of copper flow, it was hard to see anything that wouldn't burn. The city of Murmansk, which has been frozen in ice and snow for months, seems to have ushered in spring, and the streets are full of trickles, mud and blood. The limbs, hidden deep beneath the ice, were re-exposed, and then turned into scorched pieces after the scorching copper water overflowed.
Around Dai Bingcheng, the local temperature has reached above zero. He was suspended in mid-air wrapped in a pure copper film, surrounded by countless molten metal tentacles that danced towards the sky like long fiery red hair, and the scene looked as if an abyss hell had descended on earth.
Ten minutes earlier, he had been assaulted. That raid came "slowly" and "quickly".
First, his vision darkened suddenly, and then he saw a figure appear in front of him in an instant, put a glock against his forehead, and fired a shot.
At that moment, he realized that the sudden appearance of the person was not because of some "teleportation" - in fact, the other party slowly walked in front of him, slowly pulled out the gun, and slowly pulled the trigger.
The Nameless King, Longinus.
His psionic powers can manipulate time—slowing down the flow of time in an area. Take it in stride and do whatever he wants.
This ability should be invincible in the world, but there seems to be another will in the dark that refuses to allow an overly powerful existence to appear in this world—he also has a weakness.
In the slowed down time zone, it was not only the enemy who was affected, but also himself. Although the effect of that psionic energy on the controller itself was only half that of the enemy, it was this half that allowed Dai Bingcheng to save his life.
It only took a moment from his consciousness to a layer of hard metal climbing up his skull—a real moment.
The speed at which the bullet flew was obviously incomparable to the speed at which consciousness flowed, so Dai Bingcheng saved his life at the cost of a slight concussion and a charred forehead.
In the next moment, a cluster of metal hard thorns jumped up from the ground, and the killing moves that he ambushed beside him revealed their hideous minions. Within an area of one square kilometer, the ice and snow soared into the sky, and the yellow copper thorns spread all over the surface, and quickly grew into a jungle of metal.
The metal, which was directly manipulated by his consciousness, was faster than bullets. And the tiny, deadly needles weave into a thick cloud. Under attack at this speed. Even if Longinus was in the middle of the time barrier, he felt powerless - if he was a tiger with sharp claws, then Dai Bingcheng was a hedgehog with bronze spikes.
So he pulled away before the situation got out of hand, at the cost of a trail of blood sprinkled on the copper thorns.
Only a second passed between the time the raid took place and the other side retreated.
And Hu Yanling and the guards around Dai Bingcheng didn't even figure out what had just happened.
The next moment, Dai Bingcheng turned into a "golden man", and the copper flow under his feet surged, exuding amazing heat. Rolled like a wave in the direction of the enemy's retreat.
Neither Hu Yanling nor Dai Bingcheng's guards could chase him out—because once they left this warm makeshift command post, they would be reduced to sculptures.
This truly became a showdown between two kings.
At the moment of the attack, Dai Bingcheng saw it quite clearly. The other person was wearing something like a spacesuit. He can keep the metals around him warm with amazing heat. But Longinus clearly did not have this ability. As a result, he had to rely on clothing to keep him warm.
But now, the other party's cold-proof clothing has been punctured.
He also knew that Longinus shouldn't provoke him at such a time, but now he couldn't stay at that temporary headquarters waiting for reinforcements. Because in a sense, the other party is one of the most powerful assassins in this world - even if he is in a vast plain, he can suddenly appear in front of him. Except for active pursuit. Before Li Zhen arrived, there was no way to ensure his safety.
The duel begins in the heart of the city – which seems to be the location chosen by the opposing side.
Longinus has almost the fastest relative speed in the world, and today he finally met his opponent. Dai Bingcheng manipulated the copper around him—not through his body, but only through his consciousness.
Nothing in this world is faster than the speed of "consciousness", and even in a quarter or fifth of the time flow state, he still has a considerable advantage.
His enemies attacked from all sorts of unexpected angles—Dai Bingcheng had never known the way before, and that old man was a weapons expert in addition to being the spiritual leader of the Gate of Truth. A large number of combat weapons were placed in the city in advance, and Longinus relied on his superiority to launch long-range strikes again and again.
In response to him was Dai Bingcheng's torrent of bronze, and after each time he was able to resist the onslaught of the other party, he responded in an extremely crude and effective way - the torrent of copper like a giant snake poured over in one go, and everything in its path was reduced to ashes, and the tall buildings were riddled with holes.
The city of Murmansk eventually burst into flames, and smoke billowed into the sky. In such a smoky city, Dai Bingcheng temporarily achieved an unexpected advantage - the smog obscured the other party's vision.
After a few rounds, he had a rough idea of what his opponent was capable of – and coincidentally, Longinus had the same range of control as he did. However, after all, the other party is older, and he often appears to be weak after a large period of delay, and there will be a considerable window period.
Time passed, and the scales of victory tipped in his favor - the weapons hidden in the buildings were almost destroyed by him. The interval between long-range strikes is getting longer and longer.
However, just after destroying nearly a quarter of the city, Dai Bingcheng suddenly felt a warning in his heart.
He hovered behind the ruins of a tall building and felt another lag.
However, the last time I felt sluggish was ten seconds ago, which means that the opponent activated the ability twice in a row in a short period of time - and the interval between the opponent's psionic abilities before was about a minute.
He subconsciously weaved a copper net in the space around him—in his opinion, the millineedles made of copper were like spring rains in March, gathering slowly and densely. But when those things were less than two meters away from him, he keenly noticed a golden light mixed with a few silver glitters.
His pupils shrank, and the needles fused together in an instant, turning into a copper membrane—and then he heard a few faint crisp sounds, as if something had slammed into the copper membrane. Then he saw in slow motion—three "silver needles" slowly penetrating the film, slowly rotating with dusty metal shavings. Straight to his forehead.
At such a distance, he could even block bullets.
But the three needles seemed to be faster than bullets - as he could have done it.
The next moment, the feeling of sluggishness disappeared abruptly. He barely had time to tilt his head to the side of his face when he felt a chill on his right cheek.
He was hit by that thing.
But at least it wasn't pierced through the skull, but only through the right cheek, rubbing two lines of blood.
He instantly understood the other party's intentions - the old man he regarded as his strongest enemy was just a bait. The killer is the person who once fought with him in Binh Duong.
Anrozo.
The other tried to drag until he was exhausted. But he dragged himself out first. So the white knight had to appear early. And almost succeeded.
He widened his eyes and scanned the surroundings, eventually spotting the figure at the top of a tall building opposite.
Anrusu was also wrapped in a heavy layer of winter clothing.
But the next moment her image was replaced by a shadow on her face—a cluster of weapons made of earth and rock, stumps, severed arms, snow and ice edges. The ruins of the city provided An Ruosu with enough small attack items to make her feel at home at the moment. Do your best.
Dai Bingcheng tried to build a defense again. However, the sense of sluggishness came suddenly, and the world in his eyes became slow motion again.
Hidden somewhere, Longinus carefully controlled his ability, and the time barrier could cover a meter in front of Dai Bingcheng, and further ahead, the deadly weapons controlled by An Ruosu did not slow down, tearing through the extremely cold air and roaring.
A tenth of a second later, the barrier vanished, and the thing went unabated—a cloud of smoke and blood rose in midair. Dai Bingcheng was hit hard for the first time, and was carried by those things and crashed into the ruins of the building behind him, disappearing into the smoke.
The copper needles and films that had been suspended in the air were slightly paused for a moment, and then rained down on the streets. And the copper streams that danced like wild snakes also stagnated, began to cool rapidly, and turned back into cold, hard metal.
An Ruosu only curled the corners of her mouth slightly, and then raised her hands again.
The snow around her shook and was dispersed far away. Without hesitation, her psionic realm began to expand—the clutter that remained in mid-air coalesced into a large, stout serpent that wrapped itself around the tall building.
The friction generated by the high-speed movement is like the sharpest saw, eroding the building layer after layer. The debris that had fallen off had undoubtedly made the serpent even larger - in just two breaths, the outer walls of the tall building had completely disappeared, and the broken and burning room inside was exposed like internal organs.
During the process, she kept an eye out for the copper flakes scattered on the ground. Before she broke up with Dai Bing for the first time, she had thought about such a question - if the Bronze King could control everything around him that contained a large amount of copper elements, then when she met herself, when such a person with the ability to control things with telekinesis, who would those things that he manipulated belong to?
This question was answered during their first confrontation - she couldn't do anything about what Dai Bingcheng was controlling, not even what was wrapped in a copper film. Maybe she was stronger enough to take control of the other party, but for now, she understood the difference between herself and the true king.
But right now, the copper pieces were lying on the ground, without the slightest movement.
She understood that it meant that the other party was dead or unconscious, or that the man with so much combat experience was showing weakness and attempting a Jedi counterattack.
So she didn't hesitate to reduce the tall building to a pile of rubble—only a few walls remained, drowning in a torrent of sand and gravel.
An unknown king and an A-level ability who was close to the king teamed up to deal with the bronze king, and An Ruosu couldn't think of how the other party could escape to death.
Maybe that Li is really an uncertain factor—she thinks so, but that's just an "uncertain factor".
She has never fought against Li Zhen, but she knows the strength of another "Li Zhen". However, even so, the pride of being a white knight made her shake her head slightly.
- Just another minute. In another minute, Longinus could activate his Time Realm once again. And at that time, whether Dai Bingcheng fakes his death or dies, things will become a foregone conclusion-
She didn't think that one would be strong enough to get people back from their hands. (To be continued......)