Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 340 The Mutant Cloud Leopard, whose Strength Reaches the Fourth Tier, Reaches the Limit of Seamlessness!
"careful!"

At the critical moment, a barrier formed instantly from thick trees rose from the ground, forcefully blocking the Thunder Leopard's fatal attack.

Several sturdy wooden strips shot up from the ground at the same time, binding him tightly as if they were alive; fine beads of sweat appeared on his face, clearly indicating that defending against this attack had taken a toll.

"The treatment team! Hurry!"

The healing-type ability user immediately stepped forward, his hands radiating a soft light; the warriors' wounds healed at a visible speed within the light.

"Damn it, these mutated creatures really know how to pick their timing!"

"You specifically choose to come during the day because you know the 'Undead Legion' is stationed there at night, right?"

A soldier with a blood-stained face spat, his gun spitting fire.

The so-called "Undead Legion" consists of vampire warriors transformed from Stone Masks.

In the city of Yunchuan at night, these beings, who are unafraid of pain and nearly immortal, are the most terrifying line of defense.

These mutated creatures probably knew this, which is why they chose to launch their attack during the day.

"Never mind day or night, anyone who dares to invade must die!"

The commander, wearing the "Skydrive" tactical exoskeleton, leaped out from behind cover, his back-mounted miniature missile launcher already fully charged.

With a deafening roar, the missile pod behind the commander fired six munitions. The micro-missiles drew arcs in the air and accurately hit the mutated beasts that were breaking through the defenses ahead.

"Boom!!!"

The explosion lit up half the sky, and the shockwave knocked over dozens of second-tier mutated beasts.

"Lin Xiu is already on his way!"

"We'll be there in ten minutes, hang in there!"

The voice from the rear command center came through the communicator.
Upon hearing this, the commander's spirits lifted, and a high-frequency vibrating blade popped out from the exoskeleton of his right arm, emitting a teeth-grinding buzzing sound.

He charged into the horde of beasts, his vibrating blade slicing through the mutated creatures' bodies like tofu. Simultaneously, the gun mounted on his left arm fired, blasting a lizard-like mutated beast spewing acid into dust in the distance.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a mutated creature resembling a rhinoceros, covered in metallic scales, charged at him. He neither dodged nor evaded; instead, the thrusters on his exoskeleton's feet suddenly blasted out, propelling him forward like a cannonball.

Just before they were about to collide, he suddenly turned to the side, and the vibrating blade precisely pierced the monster's eye. The hydraulic system emitted a dull roar, forcefully flipping the several-ton behemoth to the ground.

"boom!"

With a final strike, the mutated beast's life was ended.

Crimson blood dripped slowly down the vibrating blade. With a flick of the commander's wrist, the blood droplets on the blade were flung away.

His movements were fluid and graceful; otherwise, why would he be a commander?

He looked around and saw similar battle scenes unfolding everywhere.

After being equipped with the "Dawn" series of individual weapons and the "Sky Drive" tactical exoskeleton, even warriors without awakened superpowers have the ability to go head-to-head with third-tier mutated creatures, and they can crush mutated creatures below the third tier.

Although these equipment cannot be deployed on a large scale due to material limitations, as an important city that handed over the Stone Ghost Mask, it can be said that all the cities in the entire Great Xia Dynasty owe them a debt of gratitude. Therefore, they have always been one of the priority cities in terms of equipment allocation.

Unexpectedly, after the second spiritual energy tide, Yunchuan City became the first city to experience another large-scale mutated beast tide.

"boom!"

Not far away, a soldier controlled an exoskeleton to leap high into the air, and the miniature missile launcher on his shoulder fired two armor-piercing rounds, which accurately hit a lizard-like mutant creature that was spewing acid.

Amidst the flames of the explosion, another warrior seized the opportunity to charge forward, his high-frequency vibrating blade like the scythe of death, beheading the wounded monster.

"Watch out on the left!"

An urgent warning came through the communicator.

The commander turned around abruptly and saw three mutated wolves flanking him from the side.

He sneered, and the exoskeleton's foot thrusters fired again, propelling him into the wolf pack like a ghost. The vibrating blades drew deadly arcs, and three grotesque heads flew off simultaneously.

"Maintain formation! Reinforcements will arrive in seven minutes!"

Even now, the battle remains firmly in human hands.

Even though the beast tide included many third-tier mutated creatures, the well-equipped warriors of the Tian Shu Bureau still held a clear advantage; the commander even felt that they might be able to completely defeat the mutated creatures before Lin Xiu arrived.

Just when everyone thought victory was in sight.

"Roar!!!"

A deafening roar suddenly came from the depths of the beast tide.

The roar was like a tangible shockwave, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

At that moment, all the mutated creatures stopped attacking simultaneously, frozen in place as if a pause button had been pressed, and then parted to both sides like a tide, making way for a wide passage.

A massive black shadow was slowly emerging from the center of the beast tide.

It was a mutated clouded leopard, but it was dozens of times larger than an ordinary clouded leopard, standing over six meters tall.

Its entire body is covered with silver-gray fur, covered with dark patterns that flow slowly across its surface as if they were alive.

What's most terrifying about it is its eyes, a pair of completely black vertical pupils, like two bottomless black holes, which make you feel like your soul is being sucked away with just one glance.

With each step it takes, a layer of frost automatically forms on the ground beneath its feet.

The surrounding air was distorted by the extreme cold; exhaled breath condensed into tiny ice crystals the moment it touched the air. An immense pressure emanated from it, a terrifying pressure emanating from a fourth-tier creature, as if it were tangible, pressing heavily on everyone's hearts. The warriors' breathing became rapid, their fingers trembling uncontrollably. This had nothing to do with willpower; it was the instinctive fear that creatures feel when facing a higher level of life, a reverence etched into their genes.

"A fourth-tier level?!"

For the first time, the commander's voice trembled.

Although it was impossible to read the spiritual power value of this mutated clouded leopard at this moment, its immense power definitely indicated that it was at the fourth rank, or very close to the fourth rank.

And this ice ability, is it a natural awakening or a Devil Fruit ability? Could it be that the user of the Ice-Ice Fruit is an Ice Fruit user?

The mutated clouded leopard slowly raised its head, its dark eyes locking onto the defensive line.

Instead of launching an immediate attack, it crouched down, like a king surveying his territory; but everyone could feel a suffocating sense of oppression rising steadily.

"All personnel, retreat to the second line of defense."

"This is not something we can handle."

The commander issued the order with difficulty.

Whether it's a fourth-order being or something infinitely close to a fourth-order being, they are not people they can deal with.

He even felt that Lin Xiu might not be a match for this mutated clouded leopard.

No matter how strong Lin Xiu is, he is only at the third level.

The gap between the third and fourth order is not something that can be easily bridged.

Just then, the mutated clouded leopard suddenly moved.

Its movements are incredibly fast; one second it was crouching a hundred meters away, and the next second it had already appeared in front of the defensive line.

With a mere flick of its forepaws, three visible blades of ice tore through the air, instantly severing the bodies of the three warriors in half at the waist.

Before the blood even hit the ground, it had already congealed into red ice crystals in the air.

"Fire! Fire at full power!"

The commander roared the order.

At this speed, what's the point of retreating?! Is there even a chance of retreating?!
"Da da da da—!"

Countless specially designed armor-piercing bullets poured out like a torrential rain, but when they approached within three meters of the mutated clouded leopard, they were frozen by an invisible chill!

The bullets condensed into ice crystals in mid-air, then fell to the ground with a clanging sound, shattering into ice shards.

"Roar!"

The mutated clouded leopard let out a low, contemptuous growl, a hint of mockery flashing in its dark eyes.

It opened its blood-red maw, and a blinding blue-white beam of light shot out.

"boom!!!"

At the critical moment, a tall, slender figure appeared in front of everyone like a ghost.

He held a long sword in his hand, and an invisible gravitational field spread around him. The beam of light that was powerful enough to freeze everything was twisted and condensed in mid-air into a constantly rotating blue-white sphere of light!
"go with!"

With a soft shout and a swing of the longsword, the ball of light containing terrifying cold energy flew back at an even faster speed, slamming into the mutated clouded leopard and exploding into a storm of ice crystals!
"Lin Xiu!"

"Great, it's Lin Xiu!"

The surviving soldiers erupted in cheers of relief, their eyes rekindling with renewed hope.

However, the commander frowned and reminded Lin Xiu:
"Lin Xiu, be careful! This guy might have reached the fourth rank!"

"If you can't defeat them, retreat immediately. We'll cover you. A genius like you is more important than us!"

Lin Xiu didn't turn around, he just waved his hand gently.

The mutated clouded leopard slowly emerged from the icy mist, its silver-gray fur covered with a layer of crystalline ice armor. Its dark, vertical pupils stared intently at Lin Xiu, and it let out a low growl.

The surrounding temperature dropped sharply again, and ice flowers began to form on the ground.

"Fourth tier?"

Lin Xiu smiled faintly, his long sword pointing diagonally at the ground.

A massive surge of spiritual energy began to flow around him, and the pale white spiritual energy collided with the meaning emanating from the mutated clouded leopard.

At first, everyone could clearly feel that Lin Xiu was at a disadvantage, and his spiritual energy field was constantly compressed by the bone-chilling cold.

But at this moment, something strange happened!

A faint, seven-colored light suddenly emanated from Lin Xiu's body, flowing around him like water.

His gaze gradually became clear and focused, all distracting thoughts were discarded, and he was completely immersed in the atmosphere of battle.

The previously suppressed spiritual energy field suddenly surged, actually managing to withstand the chill emanating from the mutated clouded leopard, creating a situation of evenly matched confrontation.

"This is the ultimate in perfection?!"

The commander looked at the light emanating from Lin Xiu's body and couldn't help but marvel.

Although it was already known that Lin Xiu's template was derived from Tezuka Kunimitsu in the world of The Prince of Tennis, it was still unbelievable that a template from the tennis world could possess such unscientific power.

The Tezuka Kunimitsu template from the National Tournament era already possessed Tier 3 strength in the real world. After activating the Perfect Form, could his aura actually rival that of Tier 4?
(End of this chapter)