Martial artist apartment, bedroom.

Thumbelina knelt on the pillow of the bed, holding a steel needle in both hands, holding it as a weapon in her arms, and looked around vigilantly.

“......”

Ivan sat on the floor of his bedroom with his hands on his knees and his eyes closed, his body structure transitioning to a mechanical state, and he began to replay the battle materials stored in his mind in the memory chip. And try to run the light energy, along with the energy accumulation in the body, the heat radiated on the surface of the body gradually increases, and the surrounding air is like ripples on the surface of the water, and even the light is on and off.

呲——呲呲——!

Criss-crossed vacuum currents were born in the ripples of the air, wrapping around his body like a thin snake, swiftly swimming back and forth, releasing a fine-striped, high-pitched humming sound that threatened to explode at any moment.

At this moment, Ivan felt as if he was at the bottom of a turbulent pool, alternating between clarity and blur, smoothness and folding. Tiny currents rippled back and forth in ripples, spilling out of his metalized skin from time to time, and were soon snapped back into his body.

In this process, over the past ten days, the battle materials accumulated from each battle were played back and forth in his mind as if they were holographic projections. Not only that, relying on the gold-level realm of the sun, the body sensation, temperature difference changes, energy operation, energy data, and all kinds of information at that time were recorded intact.

He can restore every battle 100% in his skull at any time, helping him absorb as much combat experience as possible. In addition to the accumulation of experience, relying on the pressure of the competition and the unreserved battle, the quality of his spiritual power is also rising, and he is only one step away from the soul fire.

“......”

After refining his combat data again, he didn't choose to stop, the blazing light energy followed a precise route, and the roar of the river rolling and surging continued.

Subtly adapting to the mechanical body, while continuously drawing energy back from the power furnace, when the light energy grows to saturation through refining thermonuclear energy, Ivan immediately returns to flesh and blood. Injecting the working light energy into the depths of the cells, which was already strong enough to fight against the body of a third-level mechanic, it was slightly strengthened after this gold surge.

The vertebrae, which are comparable to high-strength alloys, are instilled with light energy, like a section of gate valves opening, and the bone density rises again, and this effect continues to spread to the skull and limbs, and the internal structure is constantly optimized.

When the light energy overflowed from the bones, the 206 bones in Ivan felt slightly hot, and the hardness and strength were significantly improved, but most of the energy used to strengthen the body was also consumed.

This consumption is nothing to him now, and the light energy that used to take a whole day to accumulate can now be quickly recovered as long as the power furnace is turned on after transformation. The current Evan, although he can't run the Sun Golden Sutra in a mechanized state, can still easily do this kind of trivial thing by using the back and forth transformation to quickly recharge.

After finishing a round of strengthening, he didn't choose to stop, but continued to mechanize, using light energy to extract energy from the power furnace and inject light energy into his body again. The extremely outrageous physique, which had already exceeded the boundary of the third-level sun gold meridian, climbed again, and the muscle groups reorganized the sequence and strengthened the meridian bones!

About six hours later.

The flaming golden flame was collected back into Ivan by Evan, and the invisible trace of electricity spread out in all directions, and a faint static friction sound was emitted in the air.

"Plough Khan...... I'm coming!"

Ivan opened his eyes, and the inextinguishable molten golden pupils pierced through the darkness, illuminating the otherwise dark and silent room.

One-one-one-one-one-one

The King of Fighters Tournament Day 8, Semifinals, Natural Disaster Squad VS Golden Wolf Squad!

"Today is the semi-finals of the King of Fighters Tournament, and this fight is bound to produce a runner-up!

The emcee's loud voice was amplified by the instrument and spread to every part of the arena, and Ivan listened to it.

"Let's welcome the Flame of Destiny contestants with warm applause!!"

The deliberately elongated voice spread throughout the audience, and the echo suddenly set off bursts of cheers. Ivan bowed his head lightly at his teammates, stepped into the arena under the rain of roses, and looked at the cheering female faces in the audience, he couldn't help but feel a tingling scalp.

Bright red roses poured from mid-air, and soon mixed with the red sand—in a trance, the red that floated from the sky and the ground flowed like a layer of crimson blood.

As soon as Evan stepped onto the arena, an even louder cheer suddenly rushed towards them—much more violent than the previous one, almost like a surging wave. Condensed into an oppressive wind that swept through the arena.

At this time, almost everyone in the audience stood up, clapped their hands, and shouted a name in unison.

"Plough~!Plough~!"

"Plough~!Plough~!"

"Plough~!Plough~!"

On the other side of the red sand field, an alloy gate carved with a fist strike pattern slowly opened.

One by one, one by one

"I always feel ...... The aura was completely suppressed, and it was really a bit unwilling. ”

Ivan stood on the side of the arena with his hands folded around his chest, staring at the competitors who slowly walked out of the shadow of the door, his gaze becoming extremely solemn the moment he saw the other party clearly.

The plough khan had a burly figure like a bronze cast, a golden-red cloak and long flowing brown and black hair that contrasted sharply, and a face outlined by sharp lines was cold and gloomy, looking like a statue carved from marble from a distance. Compared to the frenzied emotions of the audience, the expression of the plough Khan did not change at all, and a pair of dark brown eyes were like deep water, absorbing everything around him into his pupils.

"No matter how you look at it, it's an unassailable opponent. ”

Ivan crossed his hands into eagle talons to protect his face, arching his back and spreading his legs slightly. The body was dyed a dazzling gold with the operation of light energy, releasing fluctuations like heart contractions, and in just an instant, the expanding spiritual pressure had covered the entire competitive platform.

“......”

Feeling the heaviness pressing on his body, the plough Khan's pupils shrank, as if a sharp blade was spinning. In the next moment, the bursting lava-like energy centered on his body, slowly boiling, and releasing outward in circles.

He pursed his lips and stretched out his right hand to Ivan, his five fingers slightly bent into a virtual grip gesture. Energy poured through his arm into his palm, and scorching red dots of light continued to emerge from the surface of his skin until they coalesced into a blazing red ball of light, the astonishing heat scalding the air into distortions.

"Hoo ......"

Ignoring the frenzied cheers, the Khan slowly moved back with his arm holding the ball of light. The muscles in the leather armor arm were knotted, the green muscles were bursting, and the strength continued to accumulate until his whole body trembled slightly, and the strength that reached a certain limit was instantly vented!

Whoosh——!

A blazing red streamer shot out from his hand, instantly piercing a distance of dozens of meters, dragging layers of ring-shaped sonic boom clouds and hitting the opponent's figure. The other side of the arena suddenly exploded violently, and the scorching red flames completely collapsed the small half of the arena, and the high-temperature mist just rose up, and it was immediately stirred up by the energy explosion.

Rumble——!

The sudden roar drowned out the cheers of the crowd at this moment, and the unspeakable trembling sensation turned into an electric current that surged under the backs of countless people—this was the roar of a peak-level martial artist!

......

After the smoke and flames dissipated, a wide ravine hundreds of yards long appeared in the center of the arena. The dust ejected from the surface of the ground rolled in the gully, as if it were flowing mud, obscuring the hollow space within the gully.

"Hoo ......"

At the other end of the ravine, Evan, who was protecting his chest with his hands folded, slowly lowered his arms and stood firm from the smoke and gravel.

"As soon as you look at it, you are ready to maintain your one-round record of second kills!?"

Steam-like white smoke overflowed from the corners of Ivan mouth, and he instantly clenched his hands into eagle claws, and his eyes slid over his fingers that were curved like blades, and fell on the other party's body—suddenly, his arm flicked, and golden light streaks swept out.

Whoosh——!

The multi-layered composite light marks are intertwined into a large net, tightly blocking the opponent's movements. Immediately after, a second wave of onslaught swept over the slower net and swept towards the target.

Bang bang——!

The Plough Khan was bathed in the attack of the whirlwind slashing iron fist, standing still in place, his hands around his chest, his breath as steady as a mountain, unmoved. Those fine light streaks of light exploded into shattered pieces, unable to break through his defenses, not even skin protected by leather armor.

"Very good, this is a decent opponent!"

After the plough Khan withstood the opponent's attack motionlessly, he immediately raised his arms flat, and the ten fingers of his hands overlapped up and down across an inch of void, and a cold pillar of wind suddenly erupted from the center of his two hands.

Whoosh——!

Within the scope of the arena platform, all the water vapor instantly solidified into countless sharp ice picks, with Evan's position as the center of the circle, turning into a huge round ball. In the next moment, the ball contracted and collapsed towards the center of the circle at a rapid speed, and all the arrows pointed to the center of the circle, and the ice arrows in the sky quickly converged into a point.

Boom ——!

At the other end of the field, a ball of fire burst out, and the blinding golden light blasted away the broken ice. Then, the sound of the ice pick shattering was drowned out by a louder sound, shattering in the huge sound wave, and the pupils of the plough khan's eyes instantly contracted, and a trace of golden light was reflected in his eyes at a rapid speed!

"Very good! This is the fight I want!"

He smirked and strode over, his nose fluttering, and his whole body immediately leaned forward half a step, his hands held outward, and he assumed a hard posture.

"If you are the flame of fate! I am the shackles of fate!"

After supporting the plough Khan, he stayed in place, but the figure had already rushed forward, his legs stomped violently, and the whole person seemed to be held up by the tide, and the competitive platform began to decompose inch by inch with violent tremors.

His movement was like a volcanic eruption, not only did the competitive platform he pedal collapse and shatter, but it also accumulated momentum with the anti-seismic force of the ground.

Whoosh——!

At the moment when Ivan approached, the plough Khan exhaled violently, bent sideways, and pushed his fists up and down like horns.

Click——!

With the man's fist bombardment, the air crackled like ice crystals shattering, and immediately collapsed into two circular vacuum layers. With a clearly visible penetration, it crashes into the opponent.

"What a powerful force!"

From a distance of five or six meters, Ivan felt an unstoppable power like the sky and the earth cracking, and immediately released the light energy with all his might. At the same time, he sank his waist and hips, his left hand was pinched into an eagle's claw and shook fiercely, the muscle membrane trembled rapidly, and his arm was suddenly wrapped in a layer of liquid gas. The strength of the right hand penetrated through the bone joints, and in the process of finger hooking and flicking, a series of sharp golden light blades were condensed.

Tooth Dragon Killing Punch——!

At this moment, his figure fused with the golden flames, turning into a shining line and rushing towards his opponent.

Boom ——!

The roar of fists and fists thundered into the sky, and the shock wave created a terrible storm on the platform of the competitive platform, knocking all the nearby copper pillars to the ground. The braziers were deformed and twisted in the hurricane, and the surface of the high walls that surrounded the arena was also a large piece of hard stone wall that fell off in large pieces, turning into countless fragments and being swept into the wind.

Buzz——!

After the two collided with each other, the figures that could not hold each other stopped in the middle of the arena, and through the chaotic air currents, they looked like drowning people sinking into the whirlpool of the ocean.

Ivan and Plough Khan fist-to-fist stood still, but the platform beneath them couldn't stand the impact - with a wail, the ground rolled up and down folds, and then a gap cracked in the midline of the confrontation.

Click-bang!

The gap widened abruptly as the arena wailed, spitting out large clouds of sand and soot, splitting the entire arena in two.

At this moment, the two of them took advantage of the trend of ground separation to withdraw synchronously, face each other, and ran along the cracked ground. In the process, their lightning-fast fists were still bombarding each other.

Bang bang——!

As the two blurred phantoms moved westward along the crack at the same time, there seemed to be a roar in the place they passed, as if a whole formation of bombers swept low and dropped rows of high-explosive bombs.

Looking down at the arena from the perspective of the spectators, you can see that the arena covered with red sand has been split in two, and dense heterochromatic flames emerge in the center of the gap, burning westward like a lit lead.

......

The flames of light from the fist collision burned westward like a line of fire, and the moment it touched the edge of the arena, the flames immediately went out, and the two blurred figures shrouded in the flames of light also froze.

"Hahaha!"

The Plough Khan held the plough against Ivan's fists and laughed profusely, the walls beside him shaking with his laughter. In the process, his pupils suddenly burned, radiating a crimson-golden light outward, and his strength also increased geometrically:

"Sure enough, you have blood similar to mine in your veins!"