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Chapter 159 "Martial God" Battles "Lumberjack" - Chen Qi's 500,000 Horses of Power?
"Lumberjacks! The lumberjacks are here!"

"The offensive is more swift than ever before! They have no intention of letting us survive!"

"Fellow countrymen! Please immediately declare a state of emergency! Repeat! Please immediately declare a state of emergency!"

"We can't hold out for long!"

Such alarming warnings echoed continuously from the planet invaded by loggers, reverberating clearly in the ears of all those from the former civilization.

Whether it was their past experiences of escaping disasters or the warnings they heard from their compatriots who were now facing invasions by loggers, people of the past already knew one fact—

This time, the lumberjacks came with the intention of wiping them out completely!

Moreover, everyone in the previous civilization could guess why the lumberjacks were coming with unprecedented force this time.

[Because they sensed a threat from the power of your planet-destroying attack!]

They sensed that the "magnetic field rotation" being widely implemented by the previous civilization was a terrifying force capable of destroying them!

Therefore, they are here to nip this seed in the bud!

Faced with the lumberjacks' full-scale invasion, regardless of whether their planets were currently experiencing war, the former commanders of all these planets reacted in the same way immediately!

"Activate all weapons! Regardless of whether they are officially in use or not, activate all weapons that can defend against the lumberjacks' invasion!"

"Send the spaceship that trained the 'God of War' to the front lines! Let's work together to defend against the lumberjacks' offensive!"

"All researchers who are not capable of combat but will make significant contributions to the continuation of civilization, as well as civilians, shall enter the sarcophagus and enter hibernation mode!"

"Activate all drones and transfer the sarcophagus to the hibernation chamber!"

"And, most importantly!"

[All former civilization commanders issued the most crucial order.]

"Preserve the archives concerning 'magnetic field rotation' and all salvation projects properly by all means!"

"These are our true hopes!"

"This is our only hope of getting revenge on the loggers for this blood debt!"

The lumberjacks came on strong, and the previous civilization poured all its resources and capabilities into building an impregnable fortress to defend against their onslaught.

Following the orders of the former civilization's supreme commander, the spaceship carrying all the "Martial Gods" whose cultivation magnetic fields were rotating was urgently deployed to the front lines of the battlefield!

……

"boom!"

"The *unknown language* isolation layer has been breached; the all-out attack has begun."

[With another round of intense bombardment, the isolation layer of yet another pre-civilized planet was forcibly breached.]

[And soon, from the steel warship that had breached the isolation barrier, killing machines poured out and rushed towards the breach!]

Even though the people of the previous civilization were well-prepared, countless anti-aircraft guns were aimed at the robots pouring in through the breach, instantly blasting thousands of drones down from the sky.

However, compared to the sheer number of drones—enough to blot out the sky like a locust swarm—the resistance of the previous civilization seemed utterly futile…

"boom!"

Finally, a killing machine that had evaded the encirclement and successfully landed on the ground rapidly changed shape under the onslaught of swarming, armed former civilized humans and drones...

The robot, which had been in the form of an aircraft, transformed in less than a second into a humanoid being wielding two rotating circular saws.

The weapons of the pre-civilization inflicted heavy damage on this machine, but battered and bruised, it will continue to fulfill its duty until it collapses.

[Slaughter.]

"*Unknown language* Human life form detected. Attack initiated."

Finally, the lumberjacks started moving.

Though it was already covered in wounds and would be beyond repair in the next second, it still raised its spinning circular saw high and hacked at the nearest former civilized person!

"—Magnetic field rotation! 180,000 horsepower!"

"boom!"

In a flash, instead of blood and gore flying, there was the sound of machinery shattering!

At this moment, those present finally saw clearly that the man who had attacked the "logger" from behind had punched through the "logger's" body, forcibly stopping his functions!

"boom!"

The logging robot crashed to the ground, and the few people from the former civilization stared blankly at the seemingly ordinary man before them, who possessed the power of 180,000 horsepower in a single move.

Meanwhile, the people of the pre-civilization also recognized these individuals who possessed magnetic field power.

"You, you, you are the God of War?!"

"You are finally here!"

Aren't these the same people who participated in the "Martial God" project five years ago?!

The man merely nodded proudly and silently in response to his compatriots' exclamations, and said calmly:

"Leave this to us, you guys go to the hibernation pods."

"But... but we're still needed here! We still need to protect the civilians as they evacuate!"

However, before these people from the former civilization could speak, suddenly, hundreds more figures descended from the sky, following closely behind.

These figures, having landed on the ground, immediately began to fight all the "lumberjacks" around them without saying a word!

"Ten thousand horsepower!"

"The power of 130,000 horses!"

"Sixteen thousand horsepower!"

Suddenly, countless surging magnetic fields were released one after another, none weaker than 100,000 horsepower!

And high in the sky, there were several incomparably powerful figures!

On the spaceship that nurtured the "Martial Gods," dozens of powerful individuals, each possessing strength exceeding two hundred thousand horses, were engaged in a direct battle with the "Lumberjack" army in space!

The three imposing figures clad in cloaks standing atop the spaceship possessed an aura no less than 240,000 horsepower!

The leader possesses a magnetic field power of 250,000 units, comparable to the power you unleashed before your death!

But how is that possible?

[It took you eleven years to unleash 250,000 horsepower of Star Breaking Realm power in your final battle against "Sui," so why were you surpassed in just five years?]

Is this person's talent even greater than yours?

【of course not. 】

If you were here right now, you wouldn't be surprised by this scene at all; on the contrary, you would be dissatisfied with the progress of the previous civilization's "God of War Project" over the past five years.

Whenever a powerful individual breaks through to a new level of magnetic field power, the magnetic field of the entire world changes accordingly.

Those who come later, living in an era with even more abundant magnetic field energy, will undoubtedly cultivate and break through at a much faster pace than their predecessors.

[There might even be situations where a junior easily surpasses a level that a senior painstakingly broke through.]

[And now, it is precisely because you have broken through the 250,000 horsepower realm that hundreds of these younger generations, who previously struggled even to awaken their magnetic field power, have been able to easily reach power levels of over 100,000 horsepower within five years.]

The "lumberjack," precisely because he saw the immense potential of the rotating magnetic field, was eager to nip it all in the bud before it spiraled out of control!

Otherwise, what if someone breaks through to a new level?

At that time, the lumberjacks will likely face not just hundreds of powerful warriors with tens of thousands of horses, but thousands, or even tens of thousands, of magnetic field powerhouses with hundreds of thousands of horses!

"*Unknown Language* Magnetic Field God Detected!"

"Annihilate them! Annihilate them!"

As expected, upon sensing the arrival of the powerful magnetic field experts, the lumberjacks surged towards them like a tidal wave!

"—Did you see that?"

Facing the surging tide of lumberjacks, the man coldly addressed his fellow countrymen:

“You can’t do anything here, you’ll only hold us back.”

"Just leave the battlefield to us. You all focus on protecting the civilians during their evacuation."

"--good!"

Having witnessed firsthand the power of the God of War and the overwhelming onslaught of the lumberjacks, the people of the previous civilization realized that this was all beyond their capabilities.

Meanwhile, the civilians and researchers on this planet either began to enter hibernation pods or were transferred to other planets by spaceship.

Sensing the swarm of lumberjacks approaching, the powerful figure at the head of the spaceship, possessing the strength of 250,000 horses, finally issued the final mobilization order.

"All you martial gods, I am the mighty martial god! I am now speaking to all of you!"

"Without a doubt, all the lumberjacks will now rush at us! We will all die here!"

"But our deaths will not be meaningless!"

"Every second we stand here, more of our compatriots can survive!"

"So, do not fear sacrifice, my fellow countrymen!"

"We are the warriors of the earth! We are the guardians of the earth!"

"war!"

[The battle has begun!] [At the command of a mighty war god, hundreds of war gods roared in unison, launching the first counterattack of the pre-civilization against the overwhelming horde of lumberjacks!]

For the first time in decades, this former civilization, which had been forced to flee and flee from the lumberjacks' iron hooves, now possessed the strength to confront them!

Faced with the counterattack of tens of thousands of lumberjacks and their devastating killing machines, only a few thousand martial gods remained fearless!

They roared and howled, using all the ancient martial arts they had honed on the spaceship to fight the lumberjacks they hated!

A magnetic field expert with the power of 100,000 horsepower is enough to withstand an attack from more than ten lumberjacks without being at a disadvantage.

A powerful individual with the strength of 200,000 horses could, with the aid of technology, carve a bloody path through the lumberjacks and destroy their warships!

They will fight with all their might, with their own flesh and blood, against the lumberjacks' steel warships!

The Gods of War will not allow themselves to fail!

……

"kill!!"

On the lumberjacks' warship, the mighty warrior, who had been fighting for several days, was now in a bloodthirsty frenzy and tore another lumberjack ship apart with his bare hands.

After several days, the lumberjacks' warship, where the Martial God and his companions were located, was still completely destroyed.

However, the warship seemed to have a self-awareness; the more it realized its days were numbered, the stronger its resistance became.

Initially, the lumberjacks produced by the warships were all weaker than 10,000 magnetic field forces, and the group of the Heavenly Martial God could easily wipe them out.

Several days later, the number of lumberjacks who besieged them had greatly decreased, but they now had a force of about 100,000 horses!

After several days of fighting, even the powerful warriors, including the Heavenly Martial God with over 200,000 horses, began to show signs of fatigue.

"puff!"

Finally, a martial god with only 200,000 units of strength revealed a weakness after several days of fierce fighting and was ambushed by a lumberjack.

"Cuck!"

The God of War, his abdomen ripped open by a circular saw, let out a miserable scream as he stared at the gushing blood and entrails.

It was this pitiful scream that caused the Heavenly Martial God's expression to change drastically!

"Wow! My son!"

It turns out that the one who was injured by the lumberjack was none other than the son of the mighty martial god—the defeated martial god.

However, before the mighty martial god could do his best to rescue him, dozens of lumberjacks surrounded him and blocked his path.

"Leave me alone!!"

"Two hundred and fifty thousand horsepower! Kill!"

Desperate to save his son, the mighty martial god, facing the lumberjacks surrounding him, even forgot to calculate his remaining magnetic field power and unleashed his strongest attack in one breath!
This most powerful blow undoubtedly wiped out all the lumberjacks instantly!

However, this delay meant that the mighty martial god could not save his son in time.

"Croak! No—!"

There's no use not having it.

The mighty martial god, whose power was momentarily depleted, could only watch helplessly as his severely injured son collapsed to the ground, about to die under the lumberjack's circular saw!
But, in that very instant...

A figure that no one had seen clearly appeared behind the lumberjack!

"Three hundred thousand horsepower!"

"Hell's Sword!"

"Whoosh—!"

In an instant, as easily as a sharp blade slicing through tofu, dozens of lumberjacks' mechanical bodies were cut in half at the waist!
The man, whose body had been disemboweled, was grabbed by the newcomer!
"Cellular Recombination!"

With a roar from the newcomer, suddenly, an astonishing magnetic field force condensed towards the ripped-open, dilapidated body!

In just a few breaths, the wounds inflicted by the circular saw on Broken Blade healed at an astonishing speed! Soon he was completely unharmed!

"Snapped!"

His injuries had healed, and before Po Bai could even react, he was casually thrown down by the newcomer.

"I...I'm not dead..."

Po Bai subconsciously touched himself, looking at his intact abdomen and his body, which had healed many of the remaining wounds from the battle over the past few days, and revealed an expression of great joy.

However, after the initial surprise, Broken couldn't help but cast a wary glance at the burly man with long, flowing hair standing in front of him.

Even with the power of two hundred thousand horses possessed by a top expert, I am far from being able to accomplish what this man has done.

So who exactly is this person who saved me?

Why have I never heard of such a powerful figure in the "Martial God" project?
"What are you standing there for? Get up and keep fighting."

However, under the gaze of the defeated, the newcomer merely ordered him to rise and fight in the cold tone befitting a strongman.

Under his broken and dazed gaze, he couldn't see the face of the newcomer hidden in the shadows, but he did see three blood-red battle marks slowly emerging on the man's forehead!
And those battle markings, so dilapidated, were all too familiar!
From the very first day of accepting the "Martial God" project, he was required to remember the "Magnetic Field Rotation" technique, which was proposed by the first Martial God and possessed by only one of them!
"You, you are—"

Overjoyed and almost screaming in a hoarse voice:

"You're Haihu?! Haihu Martial God!"

"You, you're not dead?! You're still alive?!"

"What?! The Sea Tiger Martial God?!"

However, the sound of broken joy was not only heard by Jingtian, but also attracted the attention of many war gods on the warship.

Faced with the broken body temperature, Chen Qi, who had disappeared for five years, neither nodded nor denied it.

He simply used the surging magnetic field power within his body to leap up and charge towards the bow of the warship!

Along the way, countless lumberjacks tried to stop Chen Qi.

Without exception, they were either completely unable to keep up with Chen Qi's speed, or they were destroyed by him at will.

In just a few seconds, Chen Qi had reached the very front of the warship, which stretched for tens of kilometers! It was also the heart of the warship, the sole command center!

And now, he's starting to put his strength into action!

"Magnetic field rotation—460,000 horsepower!"

"Sea Tiger Explosive Fist!!"

"boom--!"

With a single punch, even before the fist arrived, the force of the punch had already torn through the steel armor of the warship!
When Chen Qi unleashed his Sea Tiger Explosive Fist, the steel warship, which stretched for tens of kilometers, suddenly emitted dozens of continuous explosions!

With just one punch, the last resistance of the warship, which was already teetering on the brink of collapse but always holding on, was completely shattered!

"Boom!"

"Oh no! The warship is about to break apart! Everyone, get out of here by vehicle!"

The violent shaking and explosion of the warship made everyone present realize that this place was not safe to stay.

At the command of the mighty war god, all the war gods quickly boarded their vehicles and left the warship.

The moment the last War God departed, the lumberjack's warship completely collapsed and crashed to the ground with an explosion.

"Roar……"

Like a steel whale descending from the sky, the warship slowly disintegrated and drifted away in all directions...

All the war gods stared blankly at this astonishing scene... They had never imagined that they could actually destroy one of the lumberjacks' warships.

When they turned their gaze to Chen Qi, who had accomplished in a single strike what they had accomplished in several days, their eyes suddenly narrowed again!
"How can this be?!"

To everyone's astonishment, there was no vehicle beneath Chen Qi's feet.

He floated freely in space, seemingly defying gravity and the Earth's gravitational pull, all by his own strength!
This is a feat that no other martial god has ever accomplished!

At this moment, everyone had only one thought in their minds—

Just how strong has the Sea Tiger become now, after disappearing for five years?!

"——Pay attention to the enemy."

However, facing everyone's curious gazes, Chen Qi did not answer, but only kept reminding everyone that the danger had not yet passed.

Sure enough, no sooner had he finished speaking than several warships appeared in the distance, having sensed his presence, and attacked him.

Countless more powerful killing machines, and even many new machines that no one in the previous civilization had ever seen before, poured in like a raging river or a raging flood!

However, faced with this scene that would frighten even the gods and terrify the devil.

Chen Qi remained fearless.

He simply stood proudly in the universe, letting the army of lumberjacks attack him from all directions!

After five years of cultivation, he continuously challenged powerful beings and ferocious beasts on various planets throughout the universe.

Isn't this the day we've been waiting for?!
Try to take on all those lumberjacks by yourself!

You want to know the upper limit of a lumberjack!
You want to know—is the power of 500,000 horses enough to defeat these beasts?!
"Hmm——!!"

A wild and arrogant roar resounded throughout the universe!

A burly and ferocious "sea tiger" charged toward its enemy!
(End of this chapter)