Fang Zhen pulled the trigger of his Desert Viper Handgun. With a fresh magazine, he unleashed a rapid volley at Aiden.
While channeling his ability, Aiden seed less sensitive to danger, still performing the wind-up for his Crystal Bone Technique.
Suddenly, a flash of green light shot past.
The Turtle Shell Man, Aiden's subordinate, leaped out. An energy armor in the shape of a turtle shell materialized around him, shielding Aiden.
Four or five of Fang Zhen's bullets slamd into the Turtle Shell Man's Energy Turtle Shell Armor.
A smug look appeared on the Turtle Shell Man's face. He was clearly proud to be protecting his master.
However, the smile was quickly wiped from the Turtle Shell Man's face.
Fang Zhen kept pulling the trigger, firing without pause.
The turtle shell blocked the first four or five bullets, but by the sixth and seventh, its color began to fade.
As the eighth bullet struck, a sound like shattering glass rang out. The energy armor was broken.
The color drained from the Turtle Shell Man's face.
THWIP! THWIP! THWIP! The next three bullets punched a triangular pattern of holes into the Turtle Shell Man's forehead, piercing his brain.
The Turtle Shell Man's pride lasted less than three seconds. He collapsed, dead on the spot.
By this point, Aiden had nearly finished channeling his ability.
An orb of lightning hovered three feet above Aiden's head. Its power resonated with the pale blue electricity in his eyes, radiating an aura of extre danger.
Fang Zhen opened fire again with his Desert Viper Handgun, aiming for Aiden.
However, the orb of lightning above Aiden's head seed to possess an automatic defense chanism. It shot out several tendrils of electricity, detonating the bullets in mid-air.
'That can't be Aiden's own reaction. Human reflexes aren't faster than a bullet.'
'It has to be the lightning itself, counterattacking automatically.'
'Lightning is incredibly fast, approaching the speed of light in a vacuum. A natural counter-attack could easily launch after the bullet is fired and still hit it first.'
Seeing that his bullets couldn't get through, Fang Zhen smoothly holstered his Desert Viper.
He unfastened the straps of the Holy Garnt case, letting it fall from his body to the ground.
Having shed so of his weight, Fang Zhen advanced instead of retreating.
Aiden's lightning abilities were extrely fast. They could only be dodged with precognition, not reflexes.
'If that's the case, then offense is better than evasion.'
Spear in hand, he charged toward Aiden.
Aiden turned his lightning-filled eyes toward Fang Zhen, and a powerful Electric Snake instantly shot out from the orb, following his gaze.
But a second before he was struck, Fang Zhen's body dissolved into an afterimage, dodging the attack.
The Assassination Step Technique might not have been the fastest in a straight line, but it was certainly the most agile Body Technique within the limits of human capability.
The lightning strike hit empty air.
Aiden turned his head. His lightning-filled eyes and the orb above resonated again, unleashing another three or four bolts of light.
This Crystal Bone Technique seed to be an upgrade to the previous Electric Snake—more powerful and even faster.
Yet, no speed in this world could outpace the power of 'precognition.' Not even the speed of light could compare; it was a whole second too slow.
The dodges looked perilous, but Fang Zhen managed to evade every lightning strike, closing in on Aiden in the blink of an eye.
Fang Zhen didn't attack Aiden directly.
He had seen the orb's automatic defenses; a reckless charge would likely get him struck.
But the more power a Crystal Bone Technique consud, the harder it was to maintain for long.
He didn't believe Aiden could maintain this state indefinitely.
He maintained a certain distance. Aiden kept turning and striking with lightning at incredible speed, but he could never land a blow on Fang Zhen. He was always just shy of his target.
As Fang Zhen circled, Aiden's last remaining subordinate, the Knife-legged Woman, suddenly moved.
The woman was extrely fast. The bladed appendages appeared on her back once more as she charged, intending to pin down Fang Zhen and create an opening for Aiden.
Fang Zhen's body shifted slightly as he brought the long spear in his hands into a peculiar stance.
He swung the long spear over his head and down his back, seemingly hiding it from view and obscuring his next move.
The Knife-legged Woman froze for a mont, unsure of what Fang Zhen was planning.
But in that mont of hesitation,
the spear on Fang Zhen's back flashed with a white light and shot forward, flying toward the Knife-legged Woman like a javelin.
Traditional Martial Arts Long Spear - Eight Steps Chasing Cicada - Variant.
Plus the Power Mountain Seal!
The long spear shot from Fang Zhen's grasp.
The Knife-legged Woman was stunned for a mont, unable to react in ti. The spear, enhanced by the Power Mountain Seal, was moving incredibly fast—several tis faster than Fang Zhen's normal thrusts.
SHUNK!
The long spear skewered the Knife-legged Woman, piercing through her torso at an angle.
Its montum unabated, the spear passed through her and pinned her to the ground, leaving her unable to move.
The instant he threw the spear, Fang Zhen rushed forward in its wake.
The Eight Steps Chasing Cicada technique had a follow-up for retrieving the spear.
Pain finally flooded the Knife-legged Woman's senses. She wasn't dead, but she let out a bloodcurdling scream, pinned to the ground and unable to move.
Aiden, anwhile, continued to chanically track and strike at Fang Zhen with lightning.
With a masterful application of his Assassination Step Technique, Fang Zhen positioned himself so that the speared Knife-legged Woman was directly between him and Aiden's lightning.
'Once Aiden enters this state, it seems the imnse energy controls his nervous system. His attacks beco chanical, like a turret, with very little flexibility.'
Aiden's gaze fell on Fang Zhen again, and he triggered another lightning strike.
But the Knife-legged Woman was in the way.
Furthermore, the spear piercing the Knife-legged Woman's body was conductive.
The lightning Aiden unleashed was completely drawn to the titanium alloy spear, which acted like a lightning rod.
The skewered Knife-legged Woman scread as the lightning energy was channeled into her. Her body began to smoke and convulse violently. The stench of burning flesh and clothes filled the air until, with a final FWOOSH, she burst into flas, becoming a human torch.
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