Chapter 200 VS Chenlong 3

Chenlong's attitude changed noticeably; he became extremely vigilant, reducing his attack frequency by more than half. If I were truly laughing, his alertness would be quite normal. It's not just me; anyone caught in the heat of battle suddenly seeing their opponent laugh would likely suspect something was amiss.

"Am I laughing?" I asked myself.

Perhaps influenced by Chenlong's words, I even detected a faint hint of laughter in my own voice.

However, I am in a very good mood right now.

"...Zhuang Cheng, what are you thinking about?"

In my perception, in the distance, Lu Chan, the young woman standing in the supervisor's office, seemed somewhat bewildered. She said, "I suddenly find it difficult to synchronize with your thoughts. Your mind is drifting away from mine, and I can't read your current thoughts..."

Perhaps there's a frequency to thinking, and my current way of thinking might not be compatible with Lu Chan's personality, so our mental synchronization isn't very good.

I didn't respond to her, but instead replied to Chenlong's message first.

“I’m just happy that you really haven’t been brainwashed,” I said. “All your actions are based on your own will, and I’m not fighting against Ying Lingyun’s puppet.”

Originally, the only element of Chenlong that deserved my full attention was the "teleportation portal" armor.

But now things are different. I've decided to take Chenlong seriously—to take this person seriously again, the one who first brought me real pain.

If I feel like I'm living in an abnormal world through interacting with someone like him, then what will I experience when that interaction reaches its most intense point—the point where I kill him? I know my current state of mind might be a bit twisted; in short, I believe I must kill him with my own hands.

As my focus and attention became more concentrated on the enemy, Chenlong, the suppression of the base's environmental rewinding phenomenon inevitably loosened somewhat, and the resurrection of the guards and researchers gradually stabilized. I no longer had any reason to kill them. After all, even with all the guards and researchers dead, the secret base did not experience the earthquakes and spatial blurring phenomena that Lu Chan had previously described, indicating that these people were not essential elements in forming an independent reality.

Furthermore, regardless of the guards, both Lu Chan and Zhu Shi emphasized to me that keeping the researchers alive wouldn't affect my destruction of the independent reality space, so it was best to preserve them. I also had no interest in killing them.

"What do you mean……"

Upon hearing my reply, Chenlong expressed his utter incomprehension and shouted, "Nonsense!"

He launched another high-frequency attack on me, his white-glowing fists slamming into me again and again. The word "boom" certainly gives a much stronger impression in boxing than "hit," but when used to describe his fists, it's not just a modifier at all.

Each punch generates an exaggerated explosion, destroying an area of ​​the stronghold. Yes, not "a room," but "an area." The shockwave alone is enough to shatter countless walls and floors, creating a huge structural cavity, which is then immediately repaired by the omnipresent power of regeneration.

After taking several blows that struck my soul, even I felt my movements become sluggish. The power of the restart further hampered my physical movements, dragging down my previously effortless speed that allowed me to easily surpass Chenlong. Repairing my soul's wounds was simple, but I didn't rush it, hoping to lull Chenlong into a false sense of security.

So, how exactly do I plan to defeat the "Portal Armor"? I was initially hoping to rely on the mental magic of the girl Lu Chan. Although that approach was not quite the same as the "battle of equals" I had envisioned, the other side did have Dr. Silver Mask's rebooting power to support them, so it could be considered a fair fight.

However, not being able to rely on that side now is a good thing. This situation, essentially one against two, is more in line with my original intentions. The young girl Lu Chan has already helped me a lot; now it's my turn to fight alone. Besides, she's given me some strategy tips—

That is "sound".

Chenlong's "teleportation armor" allows him to attack my fire elemental body without being affected by my flames, and to use his feet to gain leverage while avoiding attacks on his feet. This seems to follow a bizarre logic that defies common sense. Perhaps this is a result of Chenlong's skill development. However, since he is human like me and manipulates power with human thought, the core of his abilities must still follow common sense. At the very least, it's impossible for all aspects to be contrary to common sense.

For example, if he wants to accurately attack me, his enemy, he must first use his senses to detect me. In other words, he must receive information from the outside world—he must allow that information to enter his "portal armor."

Although the spell Lu Chan used earlier was a mental magic that could theoretically ignore physical space, it was still based on sound. If Chen Long didn't receive the sound information, it would be useless. However, Chen Long actually heard the sound and responded. The reason he wasn't affected was simply because he hadn't been brainwashed.

So, did he only allow the information of "sound" into the "portal armor," and even in battle, did he only rely on sound to determine my location and movement? That's impossible.

While we primarily use fire teleportation and shadow teleportation for movement, many actions are also accomplished through supersonic movement. Since it's "supersonic," he definitely won't have enough time to determine my location just by listening to the sound.

He was definitely looking at me, which could be determined from the movement of his head as I moved. And just like his hearing, his vision was probably amplified by his "Full Enhancement" ability; its sharpness could perhaps be described as "magical eyes." In any case, as long as it's eyes, it needs to receive light information and allow light to enter his "portal armor."

The problem is—is the information that "light can penetrate the 'portal armor'" really useful to me?

It really works.

Moreover, it is extremely useful, and I will use this intelligence guide to conquer the "Portal Armor".

I can manipulate my mind to switch back and forth between my spirit and flames, and my flames, as well as the light and heat they produce, are manifestations of my spirit. In the past, when I was "fighting side by side" with Agent Kong, the reason why the flames I unleashed did not cause Agent Kong to be blinded by the sudden bright light was because the light produced by the flames, like the flames and heat I manipulated, possessed the characteristic of "multiple standards".

Of course, looking back on the scene now, even if I hadn't put Agent Kong on the whitelist, he probably wouldn't have been blinded by my flames, given his eccentric nature.

What I'm trying to say is, since I can generate light that is essentially my own spirit, and Chenlong has included light in the "portal armor's" whitelist, does that mean I can quietly send my spirit into the "portal armor" and then transform that spirit into flames to ignite and explode it from within?

I'm not very skilled at manipulating light, and the technique of "resetting light into spirit" is one I rarely use. Essentially, my superpower is still the manipulation of fire. The concept of "heat" is very close to fire in my mind, while the concept of "light" is relatively more distant.

With a little effort, I finally got the hang of it and started sending light into Chenlong's "portal armor"—

No, this step is completely unnecessary. The secret base is now filled with the sea of ​​fire I've spread; it has long since become my domain, filled with orange-red flames. And my light has already entered the interior of the "portal armor."

The moment that thought crossed my mind, Chenlong, who was about to throw another punch at me, suddenly shuddered and quickly retreated.

He possesses a sixth sense amplified by his "fully enhanced" supernatural abilities, so he must have already sensed impending doom. However, a sixth sense is ultimately just a sixth sense; it is not "predicting the future."

In our last battle in the real world, I grabbed his wrist, and he wasn't able to dodge all the bursts of flame at close range. Based on these signs, I can conclude that his sixth sense can only warn of impending danger, but it can't describe the specific form that danger will take.

Where can he retreat to? As long as he's inside this secret hideout, he can't escape anywhere.

As soon as I had a thought, the light that had invaded the "portal armor" transformed into spirit, and then into flames. Just like a firecracker in a matchbox suddenly exploding, Chenlong, who was retreating rapidly, suddenly exploded all over. Every part of the "portal armor" was severely broken, and bright, scorching flames burst out from the countless cracks like a burst of liquid.

The overflowing flames, like a python coiling around its prey, turned back to bite again, devouring not only the flesh but also the soul.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Chenlong let out a scream of unbearable pain.

At the same time, the "portal armor" also collapsed and destroyed. It seems that in order for Chenlong to wear it, the inside of this armor was not a portal, so it could be destroyed from the inside.

The breached "portal armor" decomposed as quickly as the ordinary shadow matter I had burned in the past.

(End of this chapter)