Chapter 116 - 106: Seven-Star Death Injection

Chapter 116: Chapter 106: Seven-Star Death Injection

"Iron Storm"

As a rain of insects blotted out the sky and swarmed toward him, Chen Qi slowly opened his right hand.

His right hand was now completely covered by a silvery-white glove, and a Compass pattern was emblazoned on its palm.

ZZZZZZT!

With Chen Qi at the center, all the sand and gravel within a one-kilometer radius began to vibrate.

As the long needle of the Compass moved, the Matter Field of the iron sand was precisely manipulated by the Source Ore.

The next instant, the iron sand within the earth, originally nothing more than piles of powder, automatically clumped together, coalescing into tiny iron beads one millimeter in diameter.

RATTLE, RATTLE!

Dense and innumerable, hundreds of thousands of tiny iron beads rolled across the ground.

As they rolled, becoming ever more spherical, their individual Matter Fields grew increasingly stable.

Once they reached a certain peak, the long needle of the Compass in Chen Qi’s hand abruptly reversed its direction.

On the level of the Matter Field, this meant the fields of the small iron beads became completely opposed to the greater Matter Field of the entire mining area, their magnetic poles flipping.

And so, the small iron beads floated weightlessly into the air as if granted the power of magnetic levitation.

’Every time I see this, it feels so exhilarating.’

’After integrating the Compass with the Source Ore, I can use the Source Ore to precisely manipulate the Matter Field of all metal in the mining area.’

’The magnetic poles of all metallic substances in this mining area are under my complete control, flipping at my whim.’

’Now this is the art of combat!’

Two types of rain fell within a one-kilometer radius of Chen Qi.

One was a rain of insects falling from the sky, a swarm of various bugs, each more vicious and venomous than the last.

The other was a rain of iron, rising from the ground into the sky.

Each highly polished "raindrop" fearlessly met the insects’ descent.

SPLAT! SPLAT!

A rain of insect corpses fell as the sky filled with the gruesome sight of bursting bugs.

Even though many of the insects were robust, with mouthparts capable of chewing through stone, their flesh and blood were no match for steel.

Soon, a thick layer of insect corpses, half a meter deep, covered the ground thirty meters away from Chen Qi.

If Chen Qi hadn’t made a circle with his left hand, casually stirring the surrounding air, he would have been buried under the tide of insect corpses.

...

’Source Ore, that’s the Source Ore!’

’The silver glove covering Red Heart 7’s right hand is the Source Ore.’

’The root cause of that guy’s ability to control the surrounding metal is the Source Ore.’

High in the sky, Trudeau stared intently at Chen Qi’s right hand, the greed in his eyes practically bursting into flames.

The skill range for a LV2 is only thirty meters. That’s an ironclad rule for all players.

Red Heart 7’s Metal Manipulation ability should be unable to break that limit.

But in the scene just now, he controlled all the metal within a one-kilometer radius.

There’s only one explanation: the Source Ore.

’That Source Ore will be mine!’

Without a moment’s hesitation, Trudeau made his decision.

Even though his opponent’s attack range had surpassed the LV2 limit thanks to the Source Ore’s enhancement, Trudeau was still confident of victory.

Because he was always invincible.

...

’Hmph, that was just an appetizer.’

’That guy’s physical body can actually control airflow. That makes using poison gas inconvenient.’

’No matter. I have plenty of insect varieties!’

’Detonate!’

Trudeau, hovering in the sky, felt victory was already in his grasp. Those insects were just cannon fodder.

They had been summoned by the Insect King, not bred by him, so he felt no regret in sacrificing them.

He only had indirect control over them, using them for a simple all-in rush.

If his opponent was weak enough to be taken out by that first wave, all the better.

And even if his opponent managed to wipe them out, he had a backup plan ready.

Though they were cannon fodder, he had still carefully selected their species.

When these insects died, their splattered fluids and severed limbs all contained a potent poison.

An incautious opponent would easily fall for it.

And even if his opponent was like Red Heart 7, capable of blowing away all the corpses, he had yet another trick up his sleeve.

SIZZLE!

The piled-up insect corpses began to rot and melt, releasing plumes of yellow fog.

The color alone screamed "highly toxic."

Unfortunately, Red Heart 7’s life level was too high, and he could control airflow. Trudeau had no choice but to abandon the poison strategy. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ

Luckily, he had other preparations.

...

BUZZZZZ!

A swarm of pot-bellied "Farting Insects" launched a suicide attack against Chen Qi.

Chen Qi frowned. ’Another one of his disgusting tricks.’

’But the show must go on. Even if I’m both the director and the star, I still have to be professional.’

With a casual wave of his hand, Chen Qi sent over a hundred thousand iron beads flying, and the Farting Insects all burst.

The next instant—BOOM!

A massive fireball, one hundred meters in diameter, suddenly erupted into the sky.

This was the result of a chemical reaction between the gas inside the Farting Insects and the diffused yellow fog, which triggered an explosion.

To maximize the explosive effect of this attack, Trudeau had crammed a great deal of biology and chemistry.

His efforts had paid off. Thanks to Trudeau’s research, the core temperature of the explosion reached 2,000 degrees Celsius—hot enough to melt steel.

As for the concussive force, it was equivalent to one hundred tons of high explosives.

Unless Red Heart 7 was made of diamond, he was a dead man.

Unfortunately for Trudeau, his smug satisfaction lasted only a moment. Two hundred meters from the blast zone, Chen Qi was watching him with a calm expression.

’He actually dodged it?’

’He’s not wearing any Exoskeleton Armor, but his movement speed reached 200 meters per second.’

’Is he even human?’

From the sky, Trudeau had obtained Chen Qi’s precise movement speed via a specially bred insect with kinetic vision.