139. Demon May Weep
"Badass!"
Crack!
The pale leg armor shattered inch by inch, the silver-white ether blood and crimson flesh scattered like powder. Yuhulai let out a miserable scream, but Li Aozi, who had won the kick, had no intention of letting him go. He grabbed Yuhulai and flung him towards the rock wall, while opening the stardust wings behind him, accelerating and slamming a punch into Yuhulai's shoulder blade.
Sss!
The poisonous ether blood spread through the air, inhaled by the Pioneers, but for the biochemically constructed organs, this deadly blood had no effect at all.
"Apocalyptic." Li Aozi said leisurely, "How did I manage to beat you like this without a weapon?"
"Ugh—why... why aren't you poisoned—"
Li Aozi said lightly:
"Silly kid, plastic organs, high-polymer fiber nerves, how could I get poisoned?"
"…Huh?!"
Hearing this, Yuhulai opened his mouth wide:
"Li, Ao, Zi—"
Bang!
Li Aozi punched him in the stomach.
"One."
Li Aozi said, then landed another punch to his face.
"Two!"
Punch after punch, pressure continuously applied from the elbow joint. His punching speed grew faster and faster, without using any Omega Energy, no spell damage, just pure beating, repeatedly punching and pounding.
"Twenty-eight... Thirty-seven... Fifty-two..."
Bang bang smack bang bang smack bang bang thud!
His punches weren't particularly strong, each one carefully avoiding vital organs, only hitting the kidneys, shoulders, shoulder blades, nose, bladder, thighs, triceps. With every heavy punch, Li Aozi would count, reminding Yuhulai how many times he'd been hit, preventing him from fainting from the beating.
But even so, Yuhulai was still beaten half to death, collapsing to the ground, groaning in a daze.
Crack!
"Savage!"
Li Aozi delivered a solid uppercut, knocking four or five of Yuhulai's teeth out. Yuhulai's body arched back and collapsed to the ground.
"Tsk, can't take a beating. Only took seventy-four punches."
Li Aozi casually pulled out an ether mixture from under the enemy's armor, pried open Yuhulai's jaw, and poured the mixture into his shark-toothed, shattered mouth.
Gulp... Gulp...
Yuhulai's body began to rapidly regenerate, visible to the naked eye, and the armor quickly reformed. His pupils turned, and he instantly jumped to his feet, raising a sword and slashing down at Li Aozi!
Shing!
Li Aozi raised his hand, deflecting the sword with ease, kindly reminding him, "This move won't work on me."
"Shut up!"
Yuhulai immediately leaped back, dodging Li Aozi's grab, while raising the sword and slashing his own hand.
[Sharpened Teeth]
The blade ripped through the air, but Yuhulai still didn't dare let his guard down, slashing again. The molecules in the air were split apart, high temperatures and molecules rapidly moving around the blade, bursting with dazzling plasma and bright light.
"You really have a bad temper. Weren't you just stepping on my shoulders earlier, saying you'd torture me properly?" Li Aozi raised his hand, "I'm just returning the favor. We haven't even gotten to the main course yet."
[Sharpened Teeth]
"Shut up!"
Yuhulai gritted his teeth, the pain overwhelming him. He breathed heavily, his visor glowing with a crimson light.
"You're just a mortal. Even without the ether blood's poison, I could still kill you a thousand times."
"Who are you going to kill? Zonia? Or those infants?"
Li Aozi said coldly:
"I may not be a good person, but you're truly a beast."
[Sharpened Teeth]
"Shut up, shut up, shut up, you bastard!"
Yuhulai's pupils bulged as he opened his mouth, spewing hot steam.
He had gone mad.
Rebuked and scolded by Horst.
Frustrated by Tianhuan's broken promises.
Toyed with by Black Whale.
And now humiliated by Li Aozi over and over again.
"Enough, enough, enough! You fools still don't get it—the whole planet is doomed!"
Yuhulai raised his sword, slashing his hand for the fourth time, the ether blood surging like a flood, infecting even his brain with society's powerful will.
"Heh heh heh, heh heh heh..."
Yuhulai laughed miserably:
"This filthy planet is about to be destroyed. Even if you kill me, so what? You can't stop the coming war... Men killing women, women killing children, greed and sin will never end. The poor will have their marrow drained by the rich, sacrificed as longevity material for the nobles. But all this will finally come to an end, because—"
"Because of Entropy Lord, right."
Li Aozi smiled calmly:
"Entropy Lord will awaken within thirty years, devouring the entire planet, spreading entropy across multiple star systems, and eventually even the Milky Way and black hole zones will be consumed."
Yuhulai was stunned.
"You—"
As soon as he spoke, Li Aozi said:
"Coward."
Li Aozi put one hand on his hip, saying disdainfully:
"Only the too smart and the unpopular get absorbed by society. The too smart have no firm stance, and when society promises them free will and complete power, they believe it. Little do they know that unchecked freedom is the same as being a beast—sure enough, you've become a beast too, Yuhulai—or rather, Zhu Baiya."
"You, how do you know about Entropy Lord's intel?" Yuhulai trembled, "Even Mother Gaia doesn't know this much detail—no, you're not from Azure Star, you're not a native! You, you—"
Yuhulai slashed his hand against the grindstone once again.
"I don't want to talk anymore, ignorant beast."
Li Aozi raised his hand, his eyes glimmering with silver runes. [Eye of Truth] predicted the trajectory of the blade's descent. He appeared motionless, but had actually anchored himself with gravity:
"I come from the Abyss of Stars, a place your society will never reach!"
[Sharpened Teeth]!
With the fourth sharpening, the blade reached a qualitative change, even slicing atoms, releasing terrifying decay energy. The blazing blade emitted a scorching light, burning the eyes.
"No one has the right to judge me. I gave everything for my ascension; you have no idea what I 'sacrificed'!"
Yuhulai opened his mouth wide, the shark-like teeth extending into tendrils, his whole body swelling, ether blood flooding his brain. He was on the verge of losing control.
No matter what, he would never give Li Aozi another chance to catch him, enduring such a cruel combo and humiliation again.
"Die, Li Aozi!"
He roared, his voice hoarse, and slashed down with the decaying blade.
Clang!
The blade sliced down, splitting Li Aozi in two. The sharpness of the sword was beyond imagination; as it slashed down, it felt as if the world behind it had shifted.
Got him!
Yuhulai's mouth twisted into a grin.
The next moment, he saw Li Aozi suddenly rushing forward, landing a fierce punch to his chest.
—[King's Gambit]
This powerful survival Omega Energy's only weakness was its long cooldown time, but Li Aozi had specifically upgraded it to Kappa tier, reducing the cooldown to just three minutes.
Crack———!
Li Aozi's fist pierced through Yuhulai's chest, extending out from his back.
"Didn't your Mother Gaia teach you?"
Li Aozi mocked:
"No matter how powerful the force, if you can't release it, it's meaningless."
Then, Li Aozi turned his fist into a claw, gripping Yuhulai's lungs, and slammed them into his rising knee. The heavy impact bent Yuhulai's body like a shrimp, and Li Aozi grabbed his neck, pinning him under the Pioneer's biochemically enhanced arm.
Crack!
"Sick Skills~~~"
Li Aozi knelt on Yuhulai's hand, twisted forcefully, and Yuhulai's neck immediately snapped.
"Compared to your sword, your body is really fragile. Even Beta-tier strength can destroy you."