I'm in the Ark, a player.

"Fiameta? Or some stinky out-of-towner?"

You're really arrogant.

Ironclad Gu took a step forward, his mechanical feet crushing the broken bricks into even finer fragments.

The armor plates on the armor's hands flipped outwards, revealing the casting units inside that were beginning to glow faintly.

"But, in the end, you are just an ordinary person who has never met me."

Blue and white light condensed, rotated, and compressed on the casting unit, then spread outwards, and several plasma spheres appeared out of thin air around the mech!

brat,

Tie Yi Gu sneered inwardly.

Although I don't know what tricks you're playing to have such bizarre strength, knowledge and technology are the truly powerful forces!

Wearing this armor, I've fought so many people and never lost, so how could I possibly lose to you?

Do you know how many years I've spent on this? Do you know what I've sacrificed for it?

You know nothing.

You're just someone who dares to run wild everywhere because of your brute force—

Suddenly, another explosion rang out.

Then the sound of the magical barrier shattering clearly reached Tieyi Gu's ears.

Tie Yigu's confident expression froze instantly.

Qin Tianling had already arrived in front of him.

The loitering munitions he carried had disappeared, replaced by a portable pile driver.

The silver metal casing was engraved with exquisite patterns, and the iron stakes protruded from the front of the pile driver, glowing red-hot from the residual heat of the explosion.

The next moment, the pocket watch in his hand spun, and the portable pile driver returned to its original state. The scorching iron pile cooled rapidly in the light, fading from bright red to dark red, and then back to its original metallic color!

Don't forget, attacking the pillars is also a skill!

To deal with such heavily armored targets covered in iron, you need to use armor-piercing weapons!

What awaits you next is—a series of attacks on the pillar without any breathing!

The hands of the pocket watch started spinning wildly!

Each time the pointer completes a full circle, the pile driver on his arm returns to its initial state. Each time it resets, Qin Tianling swings it out mercilessly once more!

The iron pile shot out from the front of the pile driver, hammering into the steel casing and exploding—then the pocket watch spun, the pile driver refreshed, piercing again, exploding once more!

In just a few strikes, it pierced right through the outer layer of Ironclad Gu's steel armor!

The iron stake pierced through again—and then exploded!

The explosion tore Tie Yigu and his armor in two from the inside!

The upper and lower body separated in the flames, hydraulic oil and blood sprayed out together, and were evaporated into a reddish-brown mist in the shock wave of the explosion. The armor wreckage fell to both sides and crashed to the ground!

The portable pile driver on his arm turned into blue light spots and dissipated into the air. Qin Tianling shook his hand, then looked down at the wreckage of the armor on the ground, smacked his lips, and frowned.

"Tsk, too easy, isn't it?"

Could it be that I killed this robot before it even finished starting up?

He walked around the wreckage, then kicked the corpse of Tieyi Gu, which had now died in the same manner as 2.5 others, with his toe.

"I thought this guy was pretty tough, and I was even planning to try him out!"

Do the development team even know how to make games?

This boss fight was completely boring for me... No, maybe it's because my skill set made me completely ignore the boss's interactions?

Never mind, let's try to make what I just came up with.

Qload.

Time rewinds once more,

The wreckage of the armor was pieced back together, the flames from the explosion flowed back into the pile driver, and Tie Yigu's body, separated, became whole again.

Everything is rapidly reverting to its original state.

"Kid, state your name—!!!"

Before Tie Yigu could finish speaking, Qin Tianling had already rushed in front of him with ghostly speed.

The portable pile driver on his arm tore through his Originium barrier as easily as before.

Damn!

Tie Yigu's pupils contracted sharply.

This guy didn't even let me finish speaking! How incredibly rude! And how did he manage to tear my Originium Barrier so easily?

If Qin Tianling knew what Tieyi Gu was thinking, then Qin Tianling would definitely answer him like this:

I've already heard this conversation once! Listening to it again is just a waste of time!

And last time, while waiting for you to finish your lines, all the layers of tap dance I painstakingly stacked up fell off! Do you know how long it takes to stack a full layer of tap dance?!

Then, Qin Tianling lowered his body, lowered his center of gravity, bent his knees, and the hands of his pocket watch spun, instantly refreshing his skill to attack the pillar.

The hand that appeared as the portable pile driver swept across the ground, twisted its waist, exerted force, and swung its arm from bottom to top. The pile driver exploded at the moment it reached the highest point of the swing!

The explosion at such close range sent Ironclad Gu's heavy body, clad in armor, flying into the sky!

The explosion's flames and shockwave erupted at extremely close range, blasting Tie Yigu and his heavy armor into the air!

The massive steel structure tumbled helplessly in the air, its limbs swinging futilely, the hydraulic rods humming as they spun in weightlessness!

As he fell, Qin Tianling had already moved. The speed of his tap dance made his figure so fast that his trajectory was almost invisible!

He walked through the smoke of the explosion, through the falling bricks and dust, and appeared at the spot where Tieyi Gu had landed. He looked up at the falling steel figure.

In many games, some players enjoy researching and practicing unusual combos.

For example, there are humiliating combos that mix taunting animations into various proper combos, long and tedious transport combos that knock the enemy to one side and then bring them back, and infinite combos that constantly suppress the opponent and prevent them from moving at all.

One combo involves knocking the enemy into the air again as they are falling, aiming to keep them suspended in the air for an extended period, or even kill them while they are airborne.

Players have given this combo a very apt name – "Stir-fry"!

Just like a chef stir-frying ingredients in a wok,

The enemy falls through the air, is knocked back, falls again, and is knocked back again, keeping them constantly on the ground and unable to mount any effective resistance. They can only watch helplessly as their health bar is slowly whittled down until they die!

The hands of the pocket watch in his hand spun, the rabbit's pocket watch refreshed the attack pillar, the pile driver swung out to meet the falling iron-clad Gu, and detonated the moment it touched the outer shell of the armor!

The explosion burst into flames in mid-air, and the shockwave spread in all directions, throwing Tie Yigu, who was about to crash heavily to the ground, upwards again!

The rabbit's pocket watch refreshed, it moved in a tap dance, and attacked the iron stake again!

Ironclad Gu's heavy steel armor tumbled through the air like a toy being tossed around.

Each time it was about to hit the ground, Qin Tianling would calmly swing the pile driver on his arm, and the flash of the explosion would pierce through the rain, sending the tin can, which weighed at least several hundred pounds, flying into the air once again!

A hundred martial arts skills, this is the infinite combo of flipping a wok!

Superintendent Swire, who had initially intended to help, stared blankly at the scene before her. Her flail slipped from her hand, the head striking the broken bricks on the ground with a dull thud.

Her cherry-like lips unconsciously parted, and she uttered a phrase she had repeated countless times today:

"No way?"

She had certainly witnessed Qin Tianling's skills.

She had witnessed the entire chaotic brawl in the arcade, where he was outnumbered and outgunned—his gang members were like paper in front of him, falling as many as they came.

On the overpass, they wiped out an entire attack squad in an instant.

She thought she had a clear enough understanding of Qin Tianling's strength, and that she would no longer be surprised by anything.

She was wrong.

The previous battles could only be described as "crushing" at best.

The gap between ordinary people and monsters, while despair-inducing, is at least within a comprehensible range.

But what does this mean now?

This is not a battle, this is not even a crushing defeat.

This is just a game!

..

...........

Chapter 59, Wei Yanwu: I can handle it.

Qin Tianling ran back and forth in the building complex, which was now almost ruins, his head tilted back, the pile driver on his wrist rhythmically swinging, exploding, refreshing, and swinging again.

It's like a child playing catch.

Toss the ball up, wait for it to fall, catch it, and toss it up again.

Simple, repetitive, yet endlessly enjoyable.

But instead of throwing a ball, he threw a gang leader wearing a heavy exoskeleton suit of steel armor.

a bit,

Another time,

One more time,

Finally, after an unknown number of strikes, Qin Tianling once again swung the portable pile driver, and the iron pile shot out from the front of the machine.

This time, the already riddled armor could no longer withstand the strain.

The outer shell, made of D32 steel mixed with heterogeneous iron, let out a final groan of despair. Starting from the point where the iron stake pierced the metal surface, cracks spread wildly outwards like a spider web before it shattered!

The scorching iron pillar pierced through Tieyi Gu's body, passing through flesh and bone, emerging from his back, and then exploded!

Tie Yigu's body, along with his entire armor, was cleaved in two. His upper and lower body separated amidst the flames, strewn with scattered metal fragments and broken cables, crashing to the ground from mid-air.

The spurting blood rained down from mid-air, soaking Qin Tianling completely.

Even if he were to do it all over again, Tieyi Gu would not escape the same fate as Gotiao Wu, who was cut in two at the waist.

"Huh? How come it broke after only a few uses?"

Is this robot really that bad?

This didn't give me any enjoyment at all. And this is supposed to be a boss? That long health bar is just there to scare people!

Qin Tianling, even after trying again, still kicked Tieyi Gu's corpse on the ground with disgust.

He timed it perfectly, deliberately using the aftershock of the explosion to attack Ironclad Gu, instead of using the pile drivers to push him forward—because if he used the piles at close range, his steel armor wouldn't withstand many hits.

But Qin Tianling didn't expect that even in this state, he had only managed about twenty moves.

Qin Tianling was very disappointed.

Sigh, I encountered a mech that was as strong as a monster. I fought with all my might to prevent it from starting up and defeated it.

"Hey, Superintendent Shi, it's all over. If there's going to be any more police stars, could you please remove them for me while you're at it?"

Qin Tianling turned his head and waved to Swire, who was standing to the side doing nothing.

The blood on his hands flew out with his swing, splashing onto the ground and leaving a few dark red marks.

"I...I understand. I'll contact the Guard Bureau to handle the aftermath later, and you won't be wanted..."

Swire paused, as if considering her words, but she still couldn't think of anything to say, and finally just added a dry sentence.