Chapter 118 - 117: [ACE!]

Chapter 118: Chapter 117: [ACE!]

He Xiaotian belted out some truly lewd lyrics, completely off-key.

The fleeing woman heard him and wanted nothing more than to turn back and rip his mouth off. ’What the hell is this trashy song?’

BAM!

The woman slammed headfirst into something indescribably hard. A powerful recoil sent her flying backward, and she crashed to the ground.

"How about that? Hard enough for you?"

He Xiaotian asked with a wide grin.

At some point, he had picked up the disarming hammer.

Can you imagine the ferocious sight? A hulk of a man, taller than Yao Ming, covered in knotted muscles like a golden statue, dual-wielding hammers.

This woman from the Gourmet Kitchen could!

The immense pressure was enough to drive a person to despair.

He possessed a tyrannical, unreasonable strength, and despite his massive frame, he was unbelievably fast.

Most importantly, he could even stack buffs on himself.

"Close your eyes, and I’ll make it..."

Before he could finish the word "quick," He Xiaotian shot forward.

In the blink of an eye, he was right in front of the woman.

At the same time, he raised the massive iron hammer in his right hand high.

He was about to end her with a single blow.

’Despicable and shameless!!’

It was the only way the woman could describe He Xiaotian. His power was already terrifyingly strong.

Her three teammates, who were already dead and gone, were the best proof of that.

Yet this so-called expert had attacked mid-sentence.

This bastard was born to be a villain; he had all the classic traits.

Things like being fierce and cruel, and being utterly, shamelessly thick-skinned!!

Unfortunately, no one had ever guided He Xiaotian onto the "right" path.

Besides, she was about to be smashed to death!

"I’ll fight you to the death!"

The moment she finished speaking, her body burst open. It was like the cruel, ancient punishment of death by a thousand cuts, and in an instant, she was transformed into a figure of blood.

Most people would have hesitated upon seeing such a sight.

But what kind of person was He Xiaotian?

He was the type to launch a sneak attack even on a weaker opponent.

Without the slightest hesitation, his right hand brought the hammer down hard.

Even if the person before him turned into a pile of white bones, he would still bring the hammer down!

BOOM!!

The heavy hammer struck with the force of an exploding cannonball, blasting a huge crater into the street.

The ground within a fifty-foot radius caved in instantly.

CLINK! CLINK!

A pair of blood-red daggers shot straight for He Xiaotian’s eyes.

He squeezed his eyes shut while simultaneously swinging the heavy hammer in his left hand, now wreathed in roaring flames, in a powerful upward arc.

The first powered individual he had hammered after arriving in Shanghai was from the Blood Series.

They could survive even without a physical body.

So how could he possibly not be on guard against this woman?

"AHHH—"

A blood-curdling scream tore through the street.

The shopkeepers on both sides of the street trembled in fear.

’Is it the end of the world?’

’Have Kryptonians invaded Earth?’

Meanwhile, Department 037 had already notified the city’s Cleaners.

A battle between powered individuals was taking place on Huayang Road in the Changning District.

The street itself was being torn apart!!

Seeing that her attack had failed, the humanoid figure made of blood turned and fled.

She wanted to fight, but she couldn’t.

Throughout the entire battle, aside from his vulnerable eyes, He Xiaotian seemed to have no other weaknesses.

It should have been a fatal blow, one that could have severely injured this monstrously strong, unidentified man.

Unfortunately, his eyelids had become an insurmountable barrier.

’How was she supposed to fight this?’

’By headbutting him?’

’What a freak!’

She needed to heal. If she could just find a living person, she could use her parasitic ability, or simply drain a normal person of their blood to replenish what the flames had burned away.

"Baby, don’t go!"

He Xiaotian dashed forward in just a couple of steps and kicked the chain on the ground, the one that could erupt in fierce flames.

SWOOSH!

With a whistle, the triangular spike at the end of the chain plunged directly into the back of the humanoid blood-figure.

HISS!

Crimson flames erupted out of nowhere, instantly turning her into a human torch.

"AHHH—"

The blood-curdling scream rang out once more.

[Ding! You have killed the powered individual Wu Li and gained 2500 Experience Points.]

"..."

’Ace! Team wipe! Quadra kill! Rampage!’

He Xiaotian hadn’t expected the weapon to be so pragmatic.

It showed absolutely no mercy to its former master’s teammate.

"OINK OINK!!"

"???"

The iron hammer in his hand made a noise.

And somehow, he seemed to understand it.

’It wants to eat, maybe?’

At this thought, He Xiaotian’s expression darkened.

’Eat, my ass!’

’You’re a hammer, not a pig.’

"OINK OINK?!"

He Xiaotian rolled his eyes. ’What am I supposed to feed you?’

’It can’t be pig feed, can it?’

SWOOSH!

The chain suddenly lashed out, its triangular spike striking straight for He Xiaotian’s eye.

CLANG!

With a single swing, he smashed the lashing chain into the ground, pinning it down forcefully.

’Give you an inch and you take a mile, huh?’

’Trying to sneak-attack me!’

KRRANG! KRRANG! KRRANG!

He Xiaotian raised his iron hammers and went to town on it, swinging with both hands.

’So what if you’re an abnormal item? Think you’re so tough?’

’What the hell do you think you are?’

’You think I’m lacking one of you?’

’Back then, I even shattered Zhou Zheng’s Blade of Resentment, and that thing could cut through space.’

’A plain, unremarkable chain that can only make fire is nothing!’

And so, a perfectly good abnormal item was smashed into a sorry, mangled mess.

Only a few scattered sparks occasionally flickered, as if in defiance.

"OINK OINK!!"

The hammer’s oinking grew more urgent.

It sounded impatient, like a young virgin on the verge of "becoming a man," unable to contain the primordial power within his body.

"You want to eat it?"

"OINK OINK!!"

"..."

He Xiaotian had certainly been through a lot recently.

But when a hammer tells you it wants to eat a chain, anyone would feel... conflicted.

"There’s a skeleton lying over there, you know. Want that instead?"

"OINK OINK!"

Although his iron hammer only knew those two words, He Xiaotian could still make out the disdain in its oinks.

"Alright, whatever makes you happy."

Since the hammer didn’t want the skeleton, he could just store it away. He could sell it to the Cleaners later, or take it to the Divine Void Temple to pay off his debt to Shouyangzi.

’An abnormal item should be worth at least a few Spiritual Energy Crystals, right?’

As for the chain... *sigh*.

The hammer had followed him through thick and thin and performed meritorious service. Letting it eat the chain was no big deal.

THUD!

He tossed the two hammers onto the mangled chain, then went to retrieve the skeleton.

When he returned, he found only a pile of dregs left in the crater on the ground.

His hammers, however, had interestingly sprouted a pair of iron chains connecting their pommels.

’What is this? Chained hammers?’

Reaching out to pick them up, he found that the hammers’ weight had increased again.

They had to be at least a thousand pounds.

The hammerheads had more than doubled in size, looking even more terrifying and brutal than before.

If they got any bigger, He Xiaotian seriously suspected that his enemies wouldn’t even be able to see him behind the hammers.

"Abnormal items are just awesome. They can even have a second growth spurt."

Just as he was about to put the hammers into his storage space, a door suddenly materialized not far from him.