’Looking at the scenery?’
The giant felt insulted.
But as the second-in-command of Assassination Star, he understood that the wanted man before him was far stronger than he was. This was the man who had escaped the combined assault of the Sovereign, the Star Queen, and the Angler. He even possessed some unknown means of traversing the Dark Cosmos, allowing him to break the Star Queen’s spatial blockade.
A direct confrontation would be incredibly dangerous.
But he hadn’t come here to fight today.
He was here to act as a bridge.
His mission was to crush the token and summon the Sovereign. Once that was done, he could make a clean getaway. Then, no matter how skilled this kid was, he wouldn’t be the one who had to deal with him.
There would be some small risks before the Sovereign arrived, undeniably. But he specialized in defense. Better yet, he had the borrowed Ten Thousand Vault Radiance and another ultimate defensive treasure on hand. Survival wouldn’t be an issue. Compared to the Sovereign’s reward, the risk was completely manageable—and well worth it.
’Perhaps with this achievement, I can depose that Old Deng and take the top spot in Assassination Star for myself.’
Heh heh.
’That Mo Ji... her methods and intel really are something else.’
’When I get back, I’ll have to reward her generously!’
The giant thought.
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Shi Ming swept his right hand over his left arm, drawing the Blade of Extreme Cold from within.
S-rank skill, the Third Law.
His hands were itching for a fight, but he couldn’t kill the giant before him. Not yet.
If the giant actually died, the bounty of one million Cosmic Crystals would go right down the drain. Besides, based on prior communications, this giant was an important pawn in Bai Yimo’s plan for infiltration and resurgence. His life or death didn’t matter much to Shi Ming, but as the boss, it wouldn’t be right to interfere with his employee’s quest for vengeance.
The arrival of Destiny would take at least ten seconds.
Before that,
’I’ll scratch this itch first!’
’I can’t kill you, that’s true. But you’re definitely going to be my punching bag today!’
Sparks erupted from between Shi Ming’s eyebrows, and his body was wreathed in crackling lightning—it was the Ten Thousand Tribulations Thunder Body from his Descent of the Titan. He wielded the Great Cold, and even though they were just two S-rank skills, their power, backed by his current base Attack Power, was not to be underestimated.
SWOOSH—
The five-meter giant had just crushed the token when he felt a wave of extreme cold wash over him!
A storm of icy lightning filled his vision, nearly tearing open the sealed space. The main arc of the blade carved a trail of chaotic sparks through the starry void as it slashed down vertically toward his body!
CRACKLE! SIZZLE!
Wherever the blade passed, shards of ice and serpents of lightning mingled, creating a deafening roar. The sound made his subordinates’ eardrums scream in agony!
Even though it was only an S-rank skill, when unleashed by Shi Ming, it had enough destructive power to easily annihilate a top-tier Holy Hall Tier master.
"Hmph!"
"All flash and no substance!"
The muscles on the five-meter giant’s right arm bulged, forming a shield of flesh and blood. Veins popped as his skin and bone hardened and reinforced in an instant. This was an ultimate defensive treasure implanted in his body: the Undying Soul Bone. It had replaced his original right arm bone, and at a critical moment, it could transform his arm into a living shield, granting him immunity to a single offensive Nirvana Tier skill!
Seeing the ferocity of Shi Ming’s attack, he assumed it must be Shi Ming’s ultimate move to break through the encirclement.
Thus, without a second thought, he used his full power to counter it.
He never expected his opponent was only using two S-rank skills. Using the Undying Soul Bone to block what amounted to a normal attack was like trading an ultimate for a basic auto-attack!
BOOM!
The storm of icy lightning crashed against the giant’s Undying Soul Bone with a deafening roar, exploding into a blizzard of frost. The five-meter giant wasn’t seriously injured by the impact, but his body was sent staggering back. His attendants scattered, dodging the stray serpents of lightning. They then took the opportunity to cast a gloomy net, attempting to trap Shi Ming, who had just entered their formation.
This was a standard tactic Assassination Star used to capture its targets.
The Great Cold flashed like a bolt of light, its swift arcs like flowing rivers.
The gloomy net cast by the Assassination Star guards was instantly frozen and shattered. Three of the guards were struck by stray bolts of icy lightning, their bodies paralyzed as a thick layer of frost bloomed over them.
"Useless!"
The Nirvana Tier giant was now just a punching bag, purely on the defensive.
He was waiting.
Waiting for the Sovereign’s arrival. Four more seconds... three...
Two...
One!
DRIP...
Like a drop of water hitting a still pond, twelve layers of ripples spread through the starry void. The giant looked up, a wide smile splitting his face.
’He’s here!’
A light even more brilliant than the Ten Thousand Vault Radiance erupted from the ripples. The twelve layers transformed into twelve radiant halos—the Wheel of Destiny, a common symbol for skills of the Destiny attribute. Within the cycling halos, two long, narrow eyes materialized, filled with an imperceptible stirring of greed.
"The Sovereign is here! You’re dead meat!"
The giant had endured being a punching bag for long enough.
Now was his time to shine.
He let his muscles relax, but in the next instant, a heavy fist slammed viciously into his abdomen. Shi Ming’s right arm glowed with a blood-red light, his strength suddenly amplified to an unimaginable degree. A terrifying explosive force erupted at the point of impact, and the giant felt like a lone leaf in a tidal wave, about to be swept away against his will!
THUD—
A terrifying punch, its power multiplied tenfold!
The Nirvana Tier expert, a specialist in defense, had no time to react. His massive five-meter body shot away like a meteor, blasted into the distance and vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye.
’Hmph.’
’If it weren’t for the one million Cosmic Crystals, did you really think you’d get off that easy?’