From the end of the world

Chapter 157 VS Great Perfection Level 4
When I saw the other party charging in a straight line wearing this "portal armor", I first released a large wave of fire at him.

We were both fighting in the sky, he was below me, this huge wave of fire was like a torrential downpour of water trying to overwhelm the mosquitoes flying upwards. But the reality was the opposite of what we saw. The black "mosquitoes" were not overwhelmed by the fiery red "water", but rushed up as if they were nothing.

As expected, this level of attack has no effect on him now.

If I'm not mistaken, his power to manipulate shadows is of the same nature as the shadow manipulation used by the monsters I've come into contact with in the past.

The ability to suddenly disappear that he displayed at the beginning of the battle should also be a shadow transfer. He probably dived into the shadow below him at super high speed, and then jumped out from the shadow behind me.

In other words, he is actually a weirdo? But I have never heard of a weirdo at the Great Perfection level. In any case, the possibility that he is the Water Master Xuanwu is infinitely close to zero in my mind. The one who is related to him is not the Zhu family, but the Humane Department and Ying Lingyun.

So, what is his purpose in attacking the Zhu family? And now he is trying to kill me. Even though I attacked him first, if I was not one of his original targets, he should not have continued to fight here. Is he just trying to take revenge on me? Or is it because I killed the Monster Maker in the past that I became the target of revenge by the Humane Department and Ying Lingyun?

I rushed towards him, wanting to observe his portal armor through a close-range confrontation. This situation must be what he wanted for being good at close combat, and he immediately swung his fist at me.

I thought he would just use that portal armor to ram me and banish me to the shadow world. Maybe he saw my fire teleportation and didn't think banishing me to the shadow world would be useful. This judgment was correct. Having said that, beating me with fists might not be the right decision.

His fist hit my head. It was a solid contact. And the contact was mutual. Since he touched me, I also touched him. At the moment he hit me, my head exploded. This explosion was not caused by damage, but I took the initiative to cause the explosion of my head when I was attacked.

The firepower that was no less than the explosion of dozens of fireballs before roared again, blowing me away, and the flames covered the airspace with a radius of 300 meters.

Even if I was wearing such outrageous portal armor, I had to temporarily disable the teleportation function if I wanted to kill my opponent with my fists and feet. This was the best time for me to fight back.

But the scene that happened in my perception once again exceeded my calculation.

He was still unharmed, and all the flames penetrated the black armor without returning.

Did he activate the armor's portal function when he was counterattacked? That's not the case. I can be sure that my counterattack and his attack were carried out at the same time. In other words, he punched and kicked me while maintaining the armor's teleportation function. He was able to interfere with me without being interfered with by me.

Is this possible? Not impossible, even I can think of at least one trick on the spot - as long as he attaches a force field on the outside of the armor that can interact physically with the outside world. But unfortunately, he really didn't seem to have any tricks. I didn't feel similar mana fluctuations on the surface of the armor, and the pain when I was hit by his fist just now was exactly the same as the feeling of being attacked before. I'm afraid he really did something that goes against the laws of nature.

He attacked me again at high speed, and I could only keep my distance from him. I was faster, and it was difficult to teleport shadows at high altitudes. I didn't have any shadows on my body that he could use in my fire elemental form. I had to find a counterattack strategy as soon as possible.

In the monster data I have read in the past, I have never seen a monster use "portal armor". Although the portal armor is very exciting in terms of creativity, it is not difficult to think of using shadow portal as a means of defense. The reason why it is not used is probably because the shadow portal is a very sophisticated skill even for monsters who are good at manipulating the power of shadows. Once it is violently impacted by external offensive mana, the shadow portal will collapse completely.

Besides, if you really wear the portal on your body, not only will the enemy be unable to touch the armor, you yourself will also be unable to touch it, let alone wear it.

However, none of the above limitations can be seen in this man.

I remembered a speculation I had seen in the monster information in the past - according to Luo Shan's analysis of the monsters, all monsters may have the same source of power, which is also the place where their heart seeds will return after escaping.

On this basis, there is a hypothesis that the power of the monsters all comes from the same person, who possesses power above the great perfection level and is the "original body" of all monsters.

Is this man I am fighting the so-called "Original Body"?

I fired a huge fireball at him again - this time I used all my strength, the fireball was enough to destroy not only one street, but also several more streets, and it would be unimaginable if it fell to the ground. I wanted to try to see if this intensity of attack could violently dismantle the portal armor.

But he still let the fireball fall on the armor, and the fireball disappeared without a trace as if it were a drop in the ocean.

There was no blocking or dodging. The strongest defense in the world was not those various skills, but being in a state of not being attacked by the enemy from the beginning. He was no longer an entity, but a "hole in the world". This portal armor was simply the ultimate protection. Now he would not be hurt even if he was thrown into the sun.

Since there is no way to break through the armor from the outside, can I try to send the flame directly into his body? I tried to sense the inside of the armor, but still couldn't do it. This time it wasn't because of the magic power wrapped around him that I couldn't focus on him. My perception was not so much blocked as it was too unobstructed. I went straight through his portal armor and sensed the shadow world on the other side.

"It's just as I heard." He spoke suddenly, "You have great power, but you don't know how to use it. Just now, if you had aimed at my soul with that attack, I would have been dead."

Heard it - from whom did you hear it? Was it Ying Lingyun who is suspected to be still alive?
As for what he said about attacking the soul, I had already guessed it without him saying it.

Logically speaking, since my flame is my own spirit, or the transformation of my soul, it should have the inherent killing power of the soul.

In fact, I am not sure if my flames are really gone now. Maybe the enemy was panting not only because of the consumption, but also because I killed his soul. But one thing is certain, the focus of my flames' lethality is not on the soul.

The reason for this is obvious - it is because I lack an intuitive understanding of the concept of soul.

Even though I know that the soul exists, I have never actually come into contact with it.

But now it's different.

I have actually felt the pain of the soul, and have personally recognized the existence of my own soul. Therefore, now I just need to focus on this recognition, and maybe I can directly kill the opponent's soul itself.

The prerequisite is that I have to break through his unprecedented "turtle shell" first.

I analyzed his words and caught the flaw in them: "Your armor is indeed flawed, otherwise you should have taken it out from the beginning, and you wouldn't have to risk being burned to death by me. Is there any condition that needs to be met? Or is there any price that needs to be paid?"

"You seem to think you have found my weakness. What a huge misunderstanding." He smiled disapprovingly. "'Shadow Entanglement' is my basic ability. There are no conditions or costs to use this skill."

"It's too late to make amends now."

As he replied, I also felt that he was probably telling the truth.

With his previous combat experience, he would never carelessly expose his weaknesses in the battle. Although I don't understand why he didn't use the portal armor at the beginning, I'm afraid he can use this skill at will. In my opinion, at most this skill has a sustainability problem and he can't use it for a long time.

But looking at his fighting posture, he had no intention of winning quickly, and the rhythm of his attack did not seem more radical than at the beginning. This steady and cautious style had nothing to do with "inability to fight for a long time".

Is this really a flawless defense?

He approached me persistently, while I kept my distance, observing and thinking about the attack method I should take. If I couldn't find a way to break through the opponent's defense, I would still fight in close combat. In Zhu Shi's words, it was just "incompetent rage". And I was not the type to fight in close combat. He was the real master in this aspect. I didn't need to set the combat range to the distance that the opponent liked.

However, just because I don't get close to him doesn't mean he doesn't have the means to get close to me. This kind of situation where people keep their distance may be a problem that close combat demon hunters like him often have to face, and he obviously has his own way.

He suddenly raised his right hand and shot a super-fast shadow arrow from his palm, aiming at my head.

I immediately turned my head to avoid the arrow. At the same time, he disappeared from the spot. The moment the arrow came behind me, it suddenly transformed into an extremely flat shadow portal.

His armored arm blasted out of the black door and struck the back of my head.

(End of this chapter)