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Chapter 97 Angel of the Wind

On the fourth day of the countdown to the end of the world, the faint light of dawn struggled to pierce through the thick haze and fall on the devastated ruins of Tokyo.

Lin Chen traversed the abandoned city alone, the screen of his portable detection device at his waist flashing, red and yellow dots intertwining to mark the surrounding unknown locations.

Just as he was about to transform and slay the lizard Unknown and the mutated monsters fighting ahead, the communicator on his waist suddenly emitted a piercing buzz, shattering the atmosphere of the battlefield.

But neither side in the battle paid him any attention.

Lin Chen stopped what he was doing, pressed the answer button, and Ozawa Sumiko's urgent voice came through: "Lin Chen! Emergency backup! Hojo has been attacked!"

"Where is it located?" Lin Chen asked directly, without wasting any words.

"The coordinates of the abandoned East Ring Expressway section have been sent to your detection equipment." Ozawa spoke very quickly. "Hojo was ordered to take two people out to search for supplies, but they encountered an attack from an unknown location. The accompanying members have lost contact and died. Now Hojo is fighting alone. Please get there as soon as possible! Hikawa has also set off."

"Understood!" Lin Chen hung up the communication without hesitation, ignoring the strange people. He turned and rushed to a corner of the ruins where a heavy motorcycle he had prepared in advance was parked. It had been specially modified by Takahiro Omuro and was extremely fast.

He straddled the motorcycle, slammed on the gas, and the engine roared deafeningly as the wheels rolled over gravel and sped off toward the East Ring Expressway.

In less than ten minutes, the motorcycle arrived at the abandoned East Ring Expressway.

The scene that came into view was horrifying: the road was riddled with cracks, abandoned vehicles lay overturned on the ground, scattered with broken parts and dried blood; Hojo Toru knelt in the middle of the road, his G3-II armor completely mangled, his breastplate shattered and cracked, blood seeping from the wounds, staining the ground red.

He removed his inner combat suit, the energy indicator light went out completely, the beam rifle in his hand fell to the side, his arm trembled slightly, clearly he had exhausted all his strength, but he still straightened his back and stared coldly ahead.

Opposite him, hovered an unknown bird-shaped creature—

Its upper face is bird-shaped, and its lower face is that of a gray-brown human female; behind it spreads a pair of huge wings, the feathers are snow-white, and the edges are shimmering with a faint wind elemental aura; in its hand it holds a longbow; one of the three supreme gods under the Black God Mo, the Angel of Wind.

Lin Chen didn't have time to stop the motorcycle; he leaped off and simultaneously pressed the transformation button on the Emperor's phone, shouting, "Transform!"

Halfway through his leap into the air, a dazzling stream of light instantly enveloped his body, and the Earth Emperor Armor, a blend of black and dark gold, quickly covered him. His single crimson eye lit up, and the Earth Emperor Sword instantly appeared in his hand.

Lin Chen landed in front of Hojo, forcefully blocking the fatal blow.

"The moment the light arrow struck the Earth Emperor's breastplate, it emitted a piercing sound of energy collision. Lin Chen's figure was forced back two steps by the impact, but the surface of the armor was not penetrated by its super strong physical resistance, and it withstood the blow.

Hojo Toru raised his head and saw Lin Chen standing in front of him. A barely perceptible emotion flashed in his eyes. His lips moved, but due to his weakness, he couldn't utter a complete sentence. He could only slowly lower his head and rely on his remaining strength to barely regulate his breathing.

Seeing that its fatal blow had been blocked, the Wind Angel showed a hint of surprise. It flapped its wings and took off, widening the distance between itself and Lin Chen. The wind element energy around it became increasingly concentrated, and a gale quietly gathered.

The Wind Angel hovered high in the sky, its wings fluttering gently. With a wave of its left hand, the scattered gale suddenly gathered, transforming into several sharp, spiraling wind blades that sliced ​​horizontally across the ground, heading straight for Lin Chen. Wherever the wind blades passed, deep trenches were carved into the road, sending fragments of stone flying and emitting a piercing whistling sound.

Lin Chen stood still, neither dodging nor avoiding, his scarlet single eye fixed on the Wind Angel high in the sky. The crisp "clanging" sound was deafening as the spiraling wind blades slammed into the armor, producing only tiny sparks without leaving any damage. However, the force of the wind blades forced him to take two steps back, and the gravel beneath his feet was crushed into powder.

He wanted to counterattack, but seeing the wind angel flying in the air, he had no choice but to defend passively.

Seeing that the wind blade attack was useless, the Wind Angel immediately raised her hand and aimed her weapon at Lin Chenyi's Merciful Kamasa Light Longbow.

The bowstring gleamed with a soft yet deadly white light. She released the bowstring, and an arrow shot through the air.

The speed of the light arrow is as fast as lightning.

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed, and he dared not be careless in the slightest. He immediately slid to the side to dodge.

The light arrow grazed his shoulder armor and landed. The moment it hit the ground, it suddenly emitted a blinding white light, and the soil and rocks beneath his feet instantly and silently melted away, leaving a deep crater.

Fortunately, Hojo Toru had just dragged his tattered G3 armor away from the battlefield.

The Wind Angel gave Lin Chen no chance to catch his breath, flapping its wings and circling at high speed. As it flew, a ring of wind pressure constantly rose, trapping Lin Chen in a sealed, raging wind barrier. Inside the barrier, rubble and withered branches were swept up by the gale and bombarded the Earth Emperor's armor like a torrential rain, producing a dense series of impact sounds, attempting to gradually deplete his energy and break down his defenses.

Lin Chen stood in the center of the barrier, his body slightly bent, resisting the suppression of the gale. He could feel the force of the gale growing stronger and stronger.

He stared intently at the wind angel hovering high in the sky—passive defense was never the solution; only by taking the initiative and charging forward could he break through this suppression.

Nearly ten minutes passed in this way.

Pulled back and continuously suppressed by the Wind Angel from a distance, Lin Chen unleashed his ferocity. He abandoned his defensive stance, and the dark golden photon energy channels on his armor lit up as he charged forward like an arrow released from a bow.

The energy surge erupted instantly, tearing apart the wind pressure surrounding it.

Breaking through the raging winds and turbulent currents, Lin Chen leaped into the air, heading straight for the Wind Angel high in the sky. The Earth Emperor Sword, wrapped in a golden photon blade, aimed directly at the Wind Angel's vitals.

The Wind Angel was not to be outdone, and she put away her longbow. She folded her wings, forming sturdy feather armor, which she held in front of her, while simultaneously extending her sharp claws, covered in silver armor, to launch a sweeping counterattack.

"boom!"

The two collided violently in mid-air, the sound of their impact echoing across the battlefield.

Lin Chen unleashed the brute force of the Earth Emperor Armor, his heavy punches and sword blades slamming into the Wind Angel's winged armor, each strike powerful and devastating:

Each time it lands, it leaps up again.

The Wind Angel moved with agility and grace, using the aerial ability of her wings to dodge attacks with ease. Even when hit, her wings and armor were able to withstand Lin Chen's fierce assault.

Her counterattack was concise and precise, her sharp claws slicing through the gaps in Lin Chen's armor.

In mid-air, dark golden photon energy and wind element energy intertwined and collided, forming powerful air waves that swept over the surrounding abandoned vehicles, blowing them off their feet and smashing them to pieces.

The two were locked in a fierce battle, their figures rapidly crisscrossing in the air, the sounds of metal clashing and energy colliding filling the air. For a time, neither could gain the upper hand.

Lin Chen's breathing gradually quickened. The continuous onslaught had exhausted a lot of his strength, and the ferocity in his eyes grew stronger. He put all his strength into every attack, trying to break through the Wind Angel's defense and force her to reveal a weakness.

After a brief struggle, the Angel of Wind realized that close-quarters combat would not give her an absolute advantage. Lin Chen's brute strength far exceeded her expectations, and continuing the fight would not be in her best interest.

Her eyes flickered slightly, and she suddenly soared into the sky, instantly widening the distance between herself and Lin Chen, regaining her aerial advantage and giving Lin Chen no chance to get close.

Immediately afterwards, she flapped her wings violently, creating a large-scale storm. The gale swept down from above, crushing and crushing Lin Chen. The powerful wind pressure caused him to fall from the sky. After landing, he could not stand steadily and staggered backward, leaving deep scratches on the ground with his legs, which greatly restricted his movement.

At the same time, the Wind Angel constantly changed its flight position, sometimes diving from the side with its claws aimed directly at Lin Chen's head; sometimes launching attacks from the upper diagonal, and immediately rising into the air after the attack, no longer engaging Lin Chen in close combat on the spot.

Lin Chen was slightly bent over by the strong wind, but remained completely composed. He switched the Earth Emperor Sword to short sword mode and fired energy projectiles continuously at the Wind Angel hovering in the sky. He constantly blocked the Wind Angel's flight path, preventing her from calmly charging up her arrows, while simultaneously trying to force her to lower the altitude and find an opportunity to get close.

The Wind Angel continued to nimbly dodge, occasionally getting hit by the aftershocks of the energy blasts, but remained calm and composed. While dodging, she also fired occasional beams of light, continuously suppressing his movements, resulting in a stalemate on the battlefield.

On the ground, Hojo Toru, relying on his remaining strength, slowly picked up the fallen GX-05 Cerberus weapon. He looked at the two facing off, adjusting his breathing as he slowly channeled the remaining energy from his armor into the weapon. He knew he couldn't offer much help now; he could only silently accumulate strength and wait for the best opportunity to provide support.

After a long struggle, the Wind Angel finally lost patience. She stopped wandering, spread her wings fully, and gathered all the wind elements in the surrounding world in front of her, forming a giant storm barrier. The storm contained sharp wind blades, and its terrifying aura was enough to devour everything.

At the same time, she once again summoned the Merciful Kamasa Longbow of Light, its body gleaming with dazzling white light, condensing three divine light arrows at once, the arrowheads pointing directly at Lin Chen, locking onto his location.

He released the bowstring. A gale-force wind carried three beams of light as they shot down, followed closely by a storm barrier, crushing towards Lin Chen like a cataclysmic disaster. The ground was stripped bare by the gale, and pebbles flew everywhere. The entire battlefield was shrouded in white light and gale-force wind.

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed, knowing this was the decisive moment. He held nothing back, activating his ultimate attack command. The Earth Emperor Sword in his hand transformed into its longsword mode, glowing once more. Photon blood surged into the blade, causing it to gleam with a dazzling light that illuminated the entire ruins. He raised the Earth Emperor Sword high, his energy aura erupting once more, and with a fierce slash, he met the storm and the beams of light head-on!