Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 273 Exploding Metal VS Shadow
Guan Tong took Wu Wang's camera and glanced out the window.

He saw the young man in the hooded jacket running furiously toward the abandoned building, and that was exactly what he wanted.

Fighting in the streets is not a good idea.

"Boom boom boom!"

Accompanied by swift and powerful footsteps, Guan Tong saw Wu Wang rushing up from downstairs, staring at him fiercely.

"Give me the camera."

Wu reached out his hand to Guan Tong, but the latter casually flicked her wrist, and the camera disappeared without a trace, disappearing into her storage ring.

"You must be Wu Wang. I've been looking for you for a long time."

After learning from the criminals' hideout that Wu was filming in the city center, Guan Tong immediately released a large number of footage to search for him.

Even though Wu Wang's physical characteristics were quite distinctive, it still took him half an hour to find him. After all, although Antu City's urban area was not large, it was still the urban area of ​​a city.

Therefore, by the time he finally found the person, it was already too late. Wu Wang had already used his ability to detonate two cars, causing casualties.

So, in order to provoke him and make him leave the street and return to the dilapidated building, Guan Tong had no choice but to take his camera.

At this moment, Wu Wang was furious to see his camera disappear without a trace.

He didn't know who the guy in the baseball cap was, and he didn't really care; all he cared about was his camera.

"No matter who you are, if you dare touch my camera, I have to teach you a lesson..."

When Wu Wang's name was called, he knew the visitor was up to no good. He knew this guy was after him and must be a powerful Ascension user.

He glanced at Guan Tong's right hand and saw the ring on her finger.

I'll cripple one of your hands first!

"burst!"

Wu clasped his hands together and activated his ability, intending to sever Guan Tong's right hand by detonating the ring.

However, the ring did not explode after the power was activated.

He was startled: Could it be that the ring isn't made of metal?
The ring was a storage ring that Guan Tong obtained from a reward. It was a product of mental energy, and its material was naturally not metal.

As soon as he activated his ability, the "Insight" effect of Guan Tong's title began to take effect, and the former's ability information appeared before his eyes.

[Detonate Metal]: Consumes mental energy to detonate metal objects within a certain radius. The detonation distance and explosive power are related to the amount of mental energy consumed by the user.

His abilities are good, but unfortunately, he has limitations.

As Guan Tong pondered this, a thought flashed through her mind, and the shadow lurking in the corner of the room rushed towards Wu Wang's body.

However, the moment they made contact, they were blocked by an invisible barrier, clearly indicating that the item used to defend against mental attacks was effective.

Wu Wang received the warning and looked down, discovering shadows surrounding him. His pupils suddenly contracted, and he recognized the enemy.

shadow!

Upon learning that the enemy before them was Shadow, almost all of Baldy and his men immediately lost their will to fight and only knew how to beg for mercy.

This is the pressure that fame brings.

It's important to know that ever since Shadow took first place under the second rule, he has been constantly in the sight of the World Ascendants.

Later, he won first place in the first Ascended Challenge, and in the Beast Rules, he was the one who collected all the fragments of the Yamo Star and revealed the secret. After that, he single-handedly became an enemy of the country of Antai State, and also participated as a key player in reducing the destructive power of the super earthquake...

This series of events made no Ascendant in the world doubt Shadow's strength, much less think that he was someone whose reputation was undeserved.

Therefore, those who are his enemies will not be able to muster much fighting spirit when they actually meet him.

Only a battle maniac like Lucifer, with exceptional strength and unwavering self-confidence, would crave and actively seek out a fight with a shadow.

While Wu Wang isn't a battle maniac, he still possesses a certain yearning.

"If I could shoot a scene with shadows as its theme, it would definitely become my most classic work!"

Wu was filled with fervor, and his hands quickly reached into his pockets.

The next moment, when he took them out again, he grabbed a handful of steel balls in each hand and threw them forcefully at Guan Tong!
"Try this! Shadow!"

Guan Tong saw dozens of steel balls flying towards her, and as Wu clasped his hands together, sparks quickly burst forth.

"burst!"

Boom boom boom boom boom!
Each steel ball exploded under the power's activation, and a series of flames instantly engulfed Guan Tong.

Wu stared wide-eyed, and when the firelight subsided, what he saw was not a shadow that had been blown to pieces, but a shadow covered in thick, shadowy armor.

Shadow Armor!

Like Shadow Assassin, this is also a shadow ability widely known to Ascendants.

When Wu saw that his steel ball explosion had failed to damage the Shadow Armor, he was not disappointed at all, but rather even more excited.

"Haha, if he gets blown up that easily, the audience will be disappointed!"

He took out his phone, turned on the video recorder, and filmed Guan Tong as he spoke.

Guan Tong was too lazy to talk to someone with a screw loose and continued to manipulate the shadows to launch attacks.

Numerous shadow assassins attacked Wu from all directions, but each time they touched his body, they were blocked by a layer of light shield.

“It’s no use, Shadow, you can’t hurt me,” Wu Wang said. “The defensive gear I’m wearing came from Rado. Do you think a prince wouldn’t know how to protect himself?”

Wu Wang is right.

Antai State is a small country, and under the dictatorial rule of Prince Lado, his ruling group can exploit the people to the greatest extent possible. After confiscating large amounts of the people's "Ascension Coins," it's no problem for them to purchase the top-tier items from the market.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Guan Tong has several million Ascension Coins, which is a huge sum of money. Under the rules of earthquakes, a dictator from a small country like Lado can easily come up with tens of millions of Ascension Coins. They're not even in the same league.

However, everything has two sides.

The more powerful the item, the higher the mental energy it consumes; this is a rule and an inevitability.

Guan Tong's shadow is very powerful, but it also consumes a lot of energy. If it weren't for his high mental power limit and large reserves of mental power, he wouldn't be able to use it as freely as he does now.

Does Wu have such conditions?

Guan Tong did not stop because her attack was ineffective, nor was she deceived by Wu Wang's words.

Instead, he kept manipulating his shadow to launch a storm of attacks, depleting the mental energy Wu needed to activate his top-tier defensive items.

Seeing that his strategy had failed, Wu Wang's heart sank.

His mental energy was indeed being rapidly depleted by the defensive items. If this continued, he would be unable to meet the needs of the defensive items in less than a minute.

Shadow... I didn't fool him.

We need to finish this quickly!

Wu Wang didn't take out the steel balls he carried with him again, knowing that explosives of that level couldn't penetrate the Shadow Armor's defenses.

To deal with a powerhouse like Shadow, we have to use "that".

and……

A thought struck Wu, and he suddenly turned and ran downstairs. Was he going to run?

Guan Tong sensed something was amiss. Although it was their first time meeting, he felt that given Wu Wang's dedication to photography, it was unlikely he would give up his camera.

And this guy wouldn't be so stupid as to think he could outrun a shadow.

Rather than running away, it seemed more like they were luring me away from the dangerous building.

Guan Tong thought to herself that she should also keep a backup plan.

After Wu ran downstairs, he saw a shadow jump down from the window, as if to intercept him.

At this moment, a crowd had gathered on the street outside, drawn by the previous two car explosions.

This is exactly what Wu wanted.

He quickly took a metal can from the storage box, pulled the tab, and threw it on the ground.

"呲呲-"

The next moment, a large amount of pale gray gas erupted from it and spread across the street.

This pale gray gas spread very quickly, enveloping many passersby before they could leave, including shadows jumping out of windows.

Upon seeing this, Wu Wang revealed a smug smile.

"Shadow, you have already lost."

The shadow remained silent, seemingly waiting for him to continue.

"Even if you're completely wrapped in armor, you still need to breathe. And as soon as you breathe, hehe... this pale gray stuff isn't fog."

The shadow still didn't speak.

Wu Wang thought Shadow was arrogant and sneered, "Do you think you're invincible just because you're number one in the world? Let me tell you, this pale gray gas is specially made metal powder! You're not stupid, you should be able to guess that my ability is to detonate metal... So guess what will happen if I detonate the metal powder you inhaled right now?"

"That's why I say, you've already lost."

Wu raised his hands and looked at the shadow.

"Even if your Shadow Armor has high defense, can it protect against an explosion generated from inside your body? Now, with just a light clap of my hand, your body will be blown to pieces."

"If you don't want to die, that's fine too, as long as you cooperate with me during the filming... huh?"

Before Wu could finish speaking, his defensive items activated again.

This undoubtedly means that the shadow is attacking him again.

His expression changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Didn't you hear what I said? Do you really want to be blown to pieces?"

The attacks continued to drain his mental energy.

Wu Wang's mental energy was almost depleted. Unable to contain his emotions, he shouted a threat: "If I activate my ability, not only you, but everyone on this street who inhaled the metal powder will be blown up! Do you want to kill them all?!"

The shadow paused, then a somewhat mechanical voice rang out: "You killed him, what does it have to do with me?"

The contemptuous and mocking tone in his voice completely enraged Wu Wang.

"Then you can just die, Shadow!"

He slammed his hands together.

"burst!"

Bang bang bang bang!

Blood mist... instantly spread through the streets...

Just as Wu Wang said, all the passersby who had been watching the car explosion and inhaled the special metal powder exploded from the inside out at this moment.

Wu Wang, who committed this horrific act, froze before his smile could even fully form.

He stared ahead in disbelief: "This! How is this possible?!"

The shadow he thought would be blown to pieces was now standing unharmed in front of him, as if it hadn't been affected at all.

What he didn't know was that the shadow in front of him was just a shadow, not a "shadow".

The real "shadow," Guan Tong, is currently far away, remotely controlling the shadow's operations.

Through the vision shared by the shadow, Guan Tong looked at Wu Wang, who had a look of astonishment on his face, and thought to himself, "This kid's methods are indeed ruthless."

By inducing the enemy to inhale metal powder and then detonating it from the inside, Guan Tong in his early days might have been caught off guard and defeated.

However, when Wu Wang suddenly pretended to run away, Guan Tong sensed something was wrong. So he used his physical body to teleport away from the battlefield, leaving only his shadow disguised as his physical body to fight.

Wu Wang could only see the shadow armor and had no idea that there was no one inside.

Even if Guan Tong's original body were still alive, he wouldn't be killed by this trick. After all, when he was completely encased in his shadow armor, he wouldn't inhale any metal powder. Besides, he also had the [Life-Saving Pendant], a life-saving item that could grant immunity to one death.

But... the other people on the street were in a much worse situation.

Wu wanted to use these lives to threaten Guan Tong into submission, but the latter did not accept any coercion. So, in a fit of anger, he activated his ability, and more than twenty Yingqi people were killed by the metal powder that exploded inside their bodies.

Seeing this, Guan Tong knew that Wu Wang was a person who had long lost his humanity, and that such a person should not be allowed to live and endanger the world.

Swish, brush, brush!
More Shadow Assassins surrounded Wu Wang, whose mental strength could no longer support the consumption of top-level defensive items, and he was on the verge of exhaustion.

"Damn shadow...you won't live either!"

Before his last bit of mental strength was exhausted, Wu strode forward and lunged at the shadow.

The shadow did not flinch, letting it rush up and hug it.

Wu hugged the shadow, clapping his hands together behind it.

His whole body began to emit light. Guan Tong, who was in the distance, saw this and thought to himself, "Is he about to self-destruct?"
Wu Wang hugged Shadow tightly, his voice filled with madness: "I've planted a super metal bomb on me, along with hundreds of steel balls. The power is enough to destroy this street... Haha, let's die together, Shadow..."

The next second, Wu Wang suddenly felt his arms go empty.

The shadow he was clinging to so tightly had actually transformed from a physical entity into a real, ethereal shadow.

After the shadow blurred, a hands-free phone fell to the ground.

Similar to the previous voice, Guan Tong's mechanical voice came from the phone: "Let this phone die with you."

Wu was stunned. Only then did he realize that the "shadow" was not at the scene at all.

What he had been entangled with was merely a false shadow.

The real "shadow" had no idea where it was hiding and was constantly manipulating the fake shadow to fight against him. He was completely fooled!

This caused him to completely break down mentally in an instant, and he roared, "Shadow!!!"

boom! ! ! ! !
A massive explosion erupted from Wu's body, engulfing most of the street.

In an instant, the streets and houses were engulfed and destroyed by flames, and a dazzling mushroom cloud rose into the sky, allowing witnesses to perceive the sheer scale of the explosion.

At this moment, Guan Tong, who was far away from the battlefield, witnessed the mushroom cloud in the sky and was deeply shocked.

"This guy's self-destruction was surprisingly powerful..."

(End of this chapter)