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Chapter 179 – Battle of Liyang - Part 9
Although it took Tong one second to kill and leap to another target, Huangfu Song and his men managed to react after Tong killed the 10th archer .
Soldiers with s.h.i.+elds in front surrounded him to limit his movement . Spearmen on the second line held their Javelins and were ready to toss them to Tong .
"Brat! Surrender! You"re surrounded!"
Tong looked around and noticed that he was surrounded so fast . He laughed .
"Wow! I"m impressed . You have amazing disciplined soldiers, and they even moved without order! Should I say, as expected from the elites of the elites?"
"If you knew it, you can surrender! Unlike those scoundrel friends of yours, I promise I will give you another chance in life!"
Tong nodded in admiration . This person"s psychological persuasion was also good . He checked his system map to see who the commander was . The name "Huangfu Song" appeared on the location of the speaker .
"Jackpot!"
Tong laughed out loud by reflex after realizing that one of the grand commanders of the three armies was here .
"Has he gone insane?"
"He"s lost it . "
"Well, that"s obvious . Any cornered rat will show its true inner side . "
The s.h.i.+eld bearers gossiped after they saw Tong"s reaction . On the other hand, Huangfu Song did not think that way .
"His eyes and his expression aren"t clouded with fear! That"s not a despaired laugh!"
Huangfu Song had a bad premonition . From his ability to read people, Tong did not reveal a hint of an insane person or a despaired prisoner .
He trusted his instinct . This young man had to die right now .
"Men! Kill him now!"
"HAHAHA! It"s too late! You can"t escape! [Time Stop]!"
Though Tong wanted to scream "ZA WARUDO" as the skill activation, he was afraid that one of the [???] sins would act up again . Every time he acted like a chunnibyou, this [Sin] always got stronger .
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The world became colorless as everything in this dimension was paused .
"I wish I have a road roller in my inventory …"
Tong leaped over the s.h.i.+eld formation that surrounded him and landed in front of Huangfu Song .
As usual, Tong took out a sharp blade and sliced his neck in one slash .
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He gazed at the boiling grease in his inventory menu . He wanted to burn everybody here again as he did in the other day . However, he felt terrible for the people in Puyang Region since they had nothing to do with this battle .
If Tong used the grease fire again, the innocents in this area would suffer as the wind still blowing southwest .
"But I have other ways to kill all of you!"
Instead of using grease fire, Tong ejected hundreds of cubic stones into mid-air from his inventory . These cubic stones moved by the discharged force and came to a stop . These over-a-ton stones hung over their heads, waiting for the time stop effect to run out .
"I guess I should call it the mini-road-da-roller-da!"
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"Whoops! Time to bail . "
Tong started running away from this location to hide in the shadow of the trees nearby . He had not planned to retreat to his camp until he farmed all lifespans from these men .
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Tong snapped his fingers . "Zero!"
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"Huh?"
"What!?"
"Where did he go?"
Tong frowned from listening to the voice of the panic soldiers . A-hard-object-hit-the-meat sound, crus.h.i.+ng impact sound, or bone cracking noise did not come . Aside from the soldiers" voice, it was silence .
"What happened!? I thought I used those boulders to crush them . Why!?"
"General!"
"General is dead!"
The soldiers already noticed that Huangfu Song"s neck was sliced open . He already fell on the ground and stopped breathing .
Even though Tong stocked another 20,000 lifespans for the final reward of his soulmate quest, he was not happy with this development . Something was wrong during the last few seconds when he escaped back into the woods to hide .
"Dammit! If those stones killed the soldiers, my [Time Stop] skill would have been leveled up!"
"What exactly is going on?"
Tong took a peek to see the situation outside as his radar map was filled with red dots .
What he saw astonished and shocked him . The cubic stones were floating upward instead of falling . In mid-air, a white-haired old man in a Daoist robe was standing on one of the cubed rocks .
"Who!?"
Tong looked at his radar map by instinct, yet the system map did not show him on it .
"How!?"
"You must be thinking [How is this possible], right?" A haughty female voice sounded behind Tong .
Tong sensed terrifying killing intent aura from the voice behind him . He leaped to the side by reflex .
"I"ll repeat your words, little demon . It"s too late . You can"t escape!"
A white hand pieced through his iron armor and dug into his chest, breaking his ribs . The hand grabbed tight onto his beating heart and squeezed it .
Blood leaked out from Tong"s five orifices as multiple of his blood vessels ruptured from the sudden burst of blood pressure .
"You can die, wicked demon!"
The owner of the voice, the women in angelic robe, pulled out Tong"s heart from his body .
Confused, shocked, panicked, Tong stared at the face of the woman . Behind her back, eight white tentacle wings danced in the air . Tong gathered the last bit of his will and strength to chant a word in his brain .
"Regen!"
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There was no time to feel pity for the lost lifespans from this regeneration skill . Tong used this opportunity that the woman thought he was already died by her hand to kick the ground and dashed at full speed toward the east .
He faced the 10 G-Force again because of the sudden burst of speed . However, this time, he did not black out . His adrenaline ran into all of his blood vessels, and his brain overclocked in full power, making him be able to temporarily control every part of his body with a single thought .
Within two seconds the angelic woman let her guard down, Tong dashed 300 meters away from her .
"Huh? Is he still alive after all that? Oh, right . He has that [Yang Seed] skill . "
This woman was none other than Liu Yang, the G.o.ddess-in-training and the successor of Athena that infiltrated this dimension . At the same time, the old man who was in the air and was observing them was Zuo Ci .
"G.o.ddess, that"s enough . I"ve told you to give him a warning, not to kill him . "
"Ha! He won"t die from just that . If I don"t kill him again, he won"t remember!"
Liu Yang chased after Tong without waiting for Zuo Ci"s permission . She caught up with Tong within one breath . She reappeared by the right side of Tong as if she teleported .
"As I said, you can"t escape!"
A flying kick was coming toward Tong"s head .
Thanked the overclock mode, he saw a kick coming at him . Even with his heightened sense, Tong still felt that the kick was still too fast .
Tong raised his right elbow and used his left arm as a support . At the same time, he pointed his index finger at the attacking woman .
"Eject, boiling grease!"
All the hot oil from Tong"s [Inventory] was ejected in the shape of jet liquid stream as if it was shot out from a firefighter"s hose .
Liu Yang"s kick landed on Tong"s arms, breaking them, sending impact to his head, and sent Tong flying into the river . At the same moment, the jet boiling oil slammed onto Liu Yang"s entire body, creating white smoke and burnt her white skins and clothes .
Liu Yang screamed in pain as her skin reddened from the burn . However, it was temporary as her burnt skins were healing to counter the spreading wounds .
Although the hot oil could not kill her, burning wounds were still a painful experience for her nonetheless . She glared at the direction where she sent Tong flying in resentment .
"HOW DARE YOU! [G.o.ddess of War], Weapon creation!"
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[G.o.ddess of War] Cannot be leveled up .
- The host can create all weapons, armors, or combat-related crafts from the dark age to the 21st-century .
Skill Cost: None
Skill Restriction:
- Liu Yang can only use this skill .
- This skill cannot be transferred, copied, or stolen .
- Mortals can not use all items created by this skill .
- This skill will be erased after its usage .
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What she created was an armed ICBM which was set to detonate in 3 seconds . She flew on top of the river where Tong landed and was about to toss the missile into the river .
"G.o.dDESS! STAY YOUR HAND!"
Zuo Ci also spread his ten black tentacle wings and exerted all of his power to stop the missile from falling into the river . It stopped in midair and shuttled upward to the sky faster than light speed .
The missile was launched into s.p.a.ce within a second . It exploded in the void without creating a sound .
Liu Yang looked back at Zuo Ci with a frustrated expression . She had just sacrificed her best skill to kill this heretic demon, but this geezer stopped her .
"You"ve wasted my skill! I demand compensation!"
Zuo Ci squinted his eyes . This woman still did not know her place . Besides, his status had tremendously changed into something else that she should not be able to belate him anymore .
"Be quiet!"
With a snap of fingers, a lightning cage trapped Liu Yang inside and the electric current zapped into her body .
"AAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The high-pitched scream resounded the night, alerting both Tong"s soldiers and Imperial soldiers .
Zuo Ci snapped his fingers again . The cage and the G.o.ddess were teleported elsewhere, leaving Zuo Ci alone in mid-air .
On the river, Tong was floating face-up . Blood was running out from his nose and ears . The last kick of Liu Yang gave him a concussion . If Zuo Ci left him alone, he would cause permanent severe brain injuries .
Tong also tried his best to stay awake despite his severe injuries . The clock in the system menu showed 11 . 35 PM . He had to wait for another 25 minutes before he could use his regeneration skill again .
Zuo Ci dropped himself and stepped on the river . One of his tentacle wings touched Tong"s forehead . He chanted .
"[Soul of Charity], Heal!"
The wing turned into a spirit of a young girl . She poured light into Tong"s head, and all his injuries were healed in an instant .
The spirit reverted into a tentacle wing and returned to the back of Zuo Ci again .
Tong stared at Zuo Ci in astonishment . He had heard from the system G.o.ddess that he should be cautious about these beings .
"Nice to meet you, young man . I"m Zuo Ci, the administrator of this planet . "
"You have committed great sins that I have to come here personally to warn you!"