“Breathe,”
Qing Chen rapidly adjusted his breathing, trying to calm his disordered bodily systems.
But his physical condition was worsening, his vision even blurring.
Qing Chen’s electromagnetic sniper cannon had at most three shots left.
He had already fired two, each piercing one of the Demon-Subduing Vajra’s heads, but the third shot, the opponent wouldn’t give him another chance.
The Demon-Subduing Vajra and the Grand Elder were fighting intensely, their figures blurring as they clashed, Qing Chen wasn’t sure he could hit only the Demon-Subduing Vajra without injuring the Grand Elder.
Qing Chen only had one chance left.
At this time, Chen Jiazhang had also appeared beside the Grand Elder. His movements were wide and powerful, cooperating with the Grand Elder to force the Demon-Subduing Vajra back, giving Qing Chen and Zard a chance to breathe.
Qing Chen looked at Zard: “How are you?”
He saw Zard lying on the ground, the half-broken Demon-Subduing pestle still embedded in his chest. His eyes were vacant as he stared at the tree canopy: “Boss, if I die, please take my returned body and bury it in our war fortress. In the future, when I’ve analyzed the Forbidden Artifact, please keep it with you. I want to continue fighting alongside you.”Qing Chen: “You’re quite meticulous, you know your body will return, so you didn’t mention burying it in Forbidden Zone 002.”
“Yes,” Zard said, “Boss, I’m so tired, and a little cold.”
Qin Yiyi widened her eyes beside them, her expression somewhat sad, tears welling up in her eyes.
Zard added: “That’s how it’s done in movies.”
Qing Chen laughed and cried: “Are you alright or not?”
“I’m fine,” Zard said, “It’s just that this thing is stuck in my chest, it feels a bit awkward, but I’ll get used to it.”
Qing Chen: “If you’re fine, why are you lying on the ground?!”
Zard: “I’m counting leaves, but there are too many leaves on every tree in the Forbidden Zone, I can’t count them all. How many did I count to again?”
Qing Chen felt relieved and immediately scolded with a laugh: “I knew you were immune to physical attacks.”
Once, Zard was hit by thousands of bullets at Osaka City Hall and was unharmed.
Although this Demon-Subduing pestle came from a Demi-God, it was still a physical attack!
Zard touched the tip of the Demon-Subduing pestle protruding from his chest, suddenly removing the small sapling from his head.
Qing Chen was stunned: “You’ve been wearing that sapling for over a month, why did you suddenly remove it?”
Zard said seriously: “I have a new limited skin. It’s called Demi-God’s Calamity.Zard, from now on I am the calamity of all Demi-Gods.”
In this dangerous and tense environment, Qing Chen looked at the Demon-Subduing pestle embedded in the other’s chest and almost burst out laughing.
Honestly, if Zard died saving him, it would probably leave an unhealable scar in Qing Chen’s heart.
A scar that would never heal.
In this world, people live and interact for profit every day, only this Zard asks for nothing, only for his interests, a pure heart and sincerity.
If such a person died, it would be a loss to the world.
“Strange, why is there only one Demon-Subduing Vajra fighting until now?” Qing Chen looked at the battlefield and pondered.
Qing Chen guessed that Chen Yu’s treasured paintings must be more than just this one.
Even if he lost a large number of paintings he had accumulated over the years after being killed by Qing Zhun, Chen Yu must have more than just those things to protect his life.
But would Chen Yu dare to go all out?
If he didn’t leave a single painting behind, and someone suddenly attacked him, wouldn’t Chen Yu be a lamb to the slaughter?
What if Li Shutong was waiting in the Forbidden Zone ready to strike? Would this Chen Family Demigod dare to gamble?
After all, Li Shutong is in the south right now, although Qing Chen knows that his master is in Forbidden Zone 002, Chen Yu doesn’t know.
Qing Chen figured it out. Chen Yu was stalling for time. He didn’t want to use any new paintings. The Chen Family Demigod was using the Demon-Subduing Vajra to hold everyone back, then use the Chen Family Army to encircle them and finish them off.
He listened carefully for a moment, and sure enough!
“I can already hear the sound of troops marching in the distance, at most three kilometers,” Qing Chen said, “This Demon-Subduing Vajra is just stalling us. Chen Yu doesn’t want to use a second painting. He wants to wait for the army to arrive! Not good, this place is already within the range of single-soldier mortars!”
Time was running out. Qing Chen struggled to stand up, Qin Yiyi looked at him: “Let me carry you? Let’s retreat.”
Qing Chen smiled: “No need.”
Qin Yiyi looked seriously at Qing Chen. The young man hadn’t changed at all, still the stubborn little servant from before.
That’s good.
Qing Chen looked at the battlefield. Facing two A-Class fighters, the Demon-Subduing Vajra’s powerful arms swung like a hammer, directly smashing Chen Jiazhang away!
The Grand Elder was furious: “Why are you so weak now? What am I supposed to do if you’re sent flying?! Huh? Can you Knights be any more unreliable? We agreed to charge together, to slay the god together, and then you’re so easily defeated? Where’s the strength you used to have when you fought me?!”
Chen Jiazhang coughed up blood on the ground: “Fighting isn’t as interesting as drinking.”
“Damn!” The Grand Elder was enraged.
Without Chen Jiazhang’s support, the Grand Elder gradually became exhausted. A-Class fighters facing the Demi-God’s paintings, one by one, were defeated.
At this point in the battle, everyone was exhausted, both physically and mentally.
Chen Yu only tore up one painting, but at the same time forced Qing Chen, Zard, and the Grand Elder to a dead end. This is the power of a Demi-God.
If Shadow hadn’t broken Chen Yu’s trump card back then, destroying sixty-two of his paintings, the Chen Family Demigod would be even more terrifying now. At this level, he was already at the peak of Demi-God!
No wonder Chen Yu had ambitions and started plotting against the Central Plains; he had the full confidence to do so.
At this moment, the Demon-Subduing Vajra had the upper hand, suppressing the Grand Elder everywhere. Its three heads and six arms attacked like a violent storm.
But the Grand Elder suddenly slashed down with his knife, and the Demon-Subduing Vajra suddenly pressed its four palms together, holding the black knife in its palms!
The next second, the Demon-Subduing Vajra’s extra two legs and two arms attacked together. Three heads, six arms, and four legs seemed to be cheating, one person could act as three people!
No wonder Chen Family painters liked to paint countless gods, because these countless gods could cheat!
Moreover, Chen Yu himself was on the Airship. If he only used paintings to fight, he wasn’t restricted by the Forbidden Zone rules.
He had already thought everything through, that’s why he sent out the Chen Family Second Fleet.
Suddenly!
The Grand Elder held his knife with both hands, and was unexpectedly kicked away by the Demon-Subduing Vajra, but the black knife remained in the opponent’s four palms!
Zard: “It’s over, it’s BBQ time.”
Qing Chen: “What the hell…”
The Demon-Subduing Vajra was already difficult to deal with when it had the Demon-Subduing pestle, now that the black knife was in its hands, wouldn’t it just hack anyone it saw?
Who wouldn’t be confused by this?
“Save people!” Qing Chen roared: “Zard, protect the Grand Elder and the Master!”
Zard had already seeped into the ground like quicksand, the Demon-Subduing Vajra swung its black knife and slashed at the Grand Elder.
But this time, its speed wasn’t as fast. The solid ground under the Demon-Subduing Vajra’s feet had turned into soft sand, and its huge body was constantly sinking.
It could only struggle desperately to barely maintain its speed.
And most importantly, the Demon-Subduing Vajra couldn’t do anything against the quicksand within a hundred meters. Chopping with its knife was useless.
Qing Chen thought that he definitely wouldn’t be able to kill Chen Yu this time. If he fought Chen Yu again next time, he must be careful to avoid Chen Yu using fire-type deities to restrain Zard!
“S-save people!” Qing Chen said, using his black sniper to provide cover fire. He didn’t try to shoot the Demon-Subduing Vajra, even on the soft sand, it wasn’t something he could easily target.
Qing Chen aimed at the front of the Grand Elder, using ordinary bullets to create a line of fire for the Grand Elder, preventing the Demon-Subduing Vajra from taking the opportunity to kill him.
But the Demon-Subduing Vajra didn’t care at all, letting the sniper bullets hit its body, bouncing off its bright armor one by one.
Qing Chen didn’t dare use the last of his Power of Thunder, he still had to guard against the Chen Family air fleet releasing drones.
There were probably tens of thousands of drones in an entire fleet. If they didn’t have the ability to use electromagnetic pulses, they would all die.
Some trump cards are better left unused than used.
At this time, Qin Yiyi had already arrived. She grabbed the Grand Elder’s immobile right leg and ran.
The Grand Elder felt a chill on his scalp. The black knife had already cut into the ground one centimeter away from his head.
This cut scared him stiff. If Qin Yiyi had been even a second, or even 0.1 second, slower, he would have died here today!
The Demon-Subduing Vajra was still chasing, wading through the soft sand, chopping at the Grand Elder and Qin Yiyi.
“You run, don’t worry about me,” the Grand Elder urged: “You’re only B-Class, you can’t outrun it with me!”
“I won’t! We’ll die together!” Qin Yiyi insisted.
The Grand Elder looked at Xiao Yiyi’s stubborn expression, suddenly feeling that he hadn’t spoiled this little ancestor in vain, it had paid off.
Qing Chen suddenly shouted: “Dayu! My friend Dayu, where are you?!”
From the tree canopy, Dayu said angrily: “Can you not think of me when fighting a Demi-God?!”
“That won’t do,” Qing Chen said while shooting, “We’re friends! Take action quickly, let’s go help the Grand Elder. If we don’t kill this Demon-Subduing Vajra, if we let it chase and kill everyone one by one, we’ll all die.”
Dayu sat in the tree canopy, leisurely saying: “It’s you who will die, I won’t die.”
Qing Chen shouted: “If Zard dies, Xiaoyu will probably cry for seven days and seven nights!”
Dayu was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly pulled out a backpack from his hand, filled with small jumping frogs, one by one jumping towards the Demon-Subduing Vajra.
“Not enough,” Qing Chen said, “Let’s tear up the peace, represent the Chen Family head, and fight the Chen Family Demigod! What about your paintings, don’t keep them!”
Dayu rolled his eyes: “You don’t understand, once I use the paintings, he will definitely guess my identity. There are only so many Chen Family painters, and only I am not under his control. This matter involves so much, don’t fan the flames here.”
As he spoke, Dayu pulled out another backpack from his palm, which contained swallows folded by Xiaoyu, one of his trump cards.
The next moment, the swallows flew out of the backpack. They didn’t attack the Demon-Subduing Vajra, but headed straight for the Airship in the sky!
Hundreds of swallows aimed at the Airship’s power Turbine, flying into the Turbine engine like bullets.
“Formless!”
The paper swallows suddenly changed from white to a bluish-iron color, as if they had instantly changed from paper to iron. They were bathed in fire but didn’t burn, like steel striking the Turbine.
The clang of gold and iron echoed through the sky, and the Class A Airship’s main Turbine began to smoke.
It turned out that the meaning of Formless was to change the form of origami, allowing the jumping frogs to grow fangs, and allowing the swallows to become steel bodies!
This Formless, should be the second-order state of the Forbidden Artifact.
Qing Chen shouted: “Class A Airships have two backup Turbines, destroying one is useless! And even if they’re all destroyed, it has anti-gravity devices, it won’t fall.”
Dayu said angrily: “Do I need you to tell me that? Let’s disable its power first, otherwise how will we escape later?”
As he spoke, he pulled out three or four more backpacks from his hands.
Thousands of swallows swirled into the air, circling in the sky like DNA chains, charging towards the Airship.
Tens of thousands of drones from the Second Fleet swarmed out, covering the sky like a locust plague.
But the steel swallows were not afraid at all, tearing a gap in the dense curtain of drones, charging towards the Turbine engines of the Class A Airship.
The Airship’s Turbine had bird-strike protection, but this protection could defend against ordinary birds, but not the swallows enhanced by Formless!
Dayu really went all out this time!
The sound of rumbling came, and the Turbines of the Class A Airship were all smoking, and were forced to rise to a higher altitude!
Qing Chen curiously asked: “Where did you get so many swallows, didn’t you use them all up outside Forbidden Zone 002 last time?”
“Xiaoyu asked the villagers of the wilderness settlement to fold them for me,” Dayu said angrily, “Those villagers are very enthusiastic, Zard helped them build houses, and they sat there helping Xiaoyu fold swallows.”
Qing Chen was stunned. The wilderness settlement probably had tens of thousands of people, how many swallows could they fold in a day?
After all, the prisoners in the lower three districts controlled by the Guardians’ Union could fold tens of thousands of cardboard boxes a day.
Qing Chen didn’t expect that Zard taking Xiaoyu to do good deeds in the wilderness settlement would actually add a lot of trump cards to Dayu.
He shouted: “Release some more! Shut down the other Airships, they don’t have anti-gravity devices. Also, kill that Demon-Subduing Vajra!”
Dayu said angrily: “The limit of this Forbidden Artifact is to control 1800 origami animals a day, do you think I’m a god? I’ve reached my limit!”
But at this moment, Dayu pulled out a scroll and tore it up.
The next second, Qing Chen was stunned. He actually saw Master Li Shutong, wearing a white training suit, falling to the ground, calmly walking towards the Demon-Subduing Vajra.
What the hell, how did Master suddenly appear?
No, this is Dayu’s painting!
Chen Yu painted countless gods, but Dayu painted Li Shutong!
Dayu whispered: “What are you waiting for! Snipe him!”
No need to remind him.
The Demon-Subduing Vajra saw Li Shutong appear and was stunned!
It immediately stopped chasing the Grand Elder and Qin Yiyi, and slowly backed away!
Qing Chen knelt on the ground, focusing on the Demon-Subduing Vajra in the distance.
He used the rise and fall of his breathing to adjust the sight, using his absolute will to ignore the pain in his body.
It was during the Demon-Subduing Vajra’s moment of distraction that Qing Chen pulled the trigger.
Mega-ampere current surged through the barrel, finally transforming into boiling electromagnetic energy, launching the tungsten core armor-piercing projectile from the muzzle!
The speed of the electromagnetic cannon was invisible to the naked eye, even a Demi-God couldn’t reach it. If Qing Chen hadn’t aimed, that would be fine, but once he aimed, even this Demi-God painting would die instantly!
The Demon-Subduing Vajra’s last head was pierced.
All three heads were dead, and the entire Demon-Subduing Vajra’s body dissipated into nothingness!
Seeing this scene, the Grand Elder’s first reaction was: “Knife, Yiyi, my knife your knife!”
Zard’s first reaction was to look at the disappearing Demon-Subduing pestle on his chest and the remaining empty hole. He wailed: “My Demon-Subduing pestle!”
Dayu roared: “Don’t you dare run away, the army is coming, if you don’t leave, you’ll all die! If Chen Yu releases another painting, we’ll all be wiped out here!”
As he spoke, Dayu jumped down from the tree canopy and ran far away, as for whether the others ran or not, it was none of his business.
Qing Chen ran to carry Chen Jiazhang, Qin Yiyi picked up the black knife and carried the Grand Elder, everyone fled for their lives.
As Dayu said, Chen Yu’s painting forced them to a dead end. If another one came down, wouldn’t they be completely wiped out?
Fortunately, Chen Yu didn’t seem to have any plans to continue, only ordering the Chen Family Army to continue chasing them and releasing hundreds of mechanical dogs.
Everyone fled in a sorry state, somewhat relieved.
The Grand Elder grumbled on Qin Yiyi’s back: “Chen Jiazhang, can your Knights stay away from the Fire Pit in the future? Whenever we meet you, nothing good happens, it’s really bad luck!”
Chen Jiazhang also grumbled: “Do you think I want to? Why do you think the Chen Family Army appeared here? They drove more than thirteen hundred refugees to decipher the rules, planning to pass through Forbidden Zone 008 to attack the Fire Pit. Do you think your Fire Pit’s small number of people can withstand Chen Yu’s methods? If Qing Chen hadn’t insisted on saving you, we would have run away long ago! Do you think we’re that arrogant to dare to fight a Demi-God? We’re not even a pinky finger to him!
The Grand Elder fell silent for a moment: “Is that so?”
Qin Yiyi smiled faintly without speaking.
Chen Jiazhang continued to grumble: “The Chen Family planned to take care of you while the Qing Family was involved in the north, without us, who would help your Fire Pit? Go back and burn some incense to your god!”
This time, the Grand Elder didn’t refute.
Actually, he knew that the Knights were relatively reliable in principle.
On the Class A Airship.
Chen Yu calmly stood in the command room, in front of him was a long table, with a six-foot canvas spread out, on which he was drawing a half-finished Dhṛtarāṣṭra.
The Airship was already in chaos, all the soldiers were trying to deal with the threat brought by the swallows.
A military officer stood by the table: “Boss, prepare to transfer to the Class B Airship. This A-class Airship has no forward momentum, it can only float in place.”
Chen Yu didn’t speak, he carefully outlined the pipa in Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s hand. The pipa was drawn with gold powder, looking dazzling.
In the painting tube by the table, there were only two completed scrolls left.
After outlining the pipa, Chen Yu said lightly: “What’s the rush? There are only six people, four seriously injured, where can they run? They are just lambs to be slaughtered. Let the ground troops follow closely, send out all the new mechanical dogs. After the Forbidden Zone battle, the Fire Pit will no longer be a threat.”
Officer: “Understood, I’ll pass the order.”
In the chaotic cabin, Chen Yu stood quietly alone in front of the table, seeming out of place.
He recalled the scene he had seen through the Demon-Subduing Vajra. At first, he thought it was Li Shutong who had really come. If it were Li Shutong, it would be very troublesome.
This Class A Airship in the sky might be pierced.
But now that he thought about it, if Li Shutong were really present, how could he let him injure four people? He would have already taken action.
After all, no matter how powerful the Demon-Subduing Vajra was, it wouldn’t last ten rounds in front of Li Shutong.
Chen Yu couldn’t feel safe with two scrolls facing an opponent like Li Shutong.
But if it wasn’t Li Shutong himself, what else could it be?
A painting.
Only the Chen Family painters in this world could imitate Li Shutong’s demeanor so vividly.
A painting without demeanor cannot fight.
Chen Yu carefully recalled the list of Chen Family painters, then smiled slightly: “It’s you, no wonder you can paint Li Shutong.”